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TF OLYMPIA SOLDIERS DETAIN SUSPECTS, COLLECT ARMS
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Posted on 02/27/2004 8:47:38 AM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl
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NEWS RELEASE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND 7115 South Boundary Boulevard MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101 Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894
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February 27, 2004
Release Number: 04-02-50
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TF OLYMPIA SOLDIERS DETAIN SUSPECTS, COLLECT ARMS
MOSUL, Iraq - Soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, under the operational control of Task Force Olympia, detained one suspect and continued ongoing weapons-collection operations over the past 24 hours in northern Iraq.
Soldiers from 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment conducted a cordon-and-knock operation early this morning in Qayyarah and detained one subject wanted for anti-coalition activities.
Members of the Coalition for Iraqi Unity, a concerned group of citizens in northwestern Iraq, approached 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment Thursday and turned in 39 rocket-propelled-grenade rounds, 10 RPG boosters, three RPG launchers, one RPG sight, two 155 mm artillery rounds, three 82 mm mortar rounds, 256 60 mm mortar rounds, 15 120 mm mortar rounds, one antipersonnel mine, nine blasting caps, 500 7.62 mm rounds, 124 14.5 mm rounds, 360 40 mm rounds and 90 rifle-propelled smoke grenades.
A concerned Iraqi citizen came to 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment headquarters in Tall Afar Thursday and turned in one RPG launcher, an antiaircraft gun and 200 anti-aircraft gun rounds.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Washington; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: centcom; gnfi; iraq; sbct; strykerbrigade; tfolympia
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Very nice bump!
To: Cannoneer No. 4; MJY1288; xzins; Calpernia; TEXOKIE; Alamo-Girl; windchime; Grampa Dave; ...
No longer in enemy hands ~ last 24 hours in N. Iraq:
39 rocket-propelled-grenade rounds, 10 RPG boosters, three RPG launchers, one RPG sight, two 155 mm artillery rounds, three 82 mm mortar rounds, 256 60 mm mortar rounds, 15 120 mm mortar rounds, one antipersonnel mine, nine blasting caps, 500 7.62 mm rounds, 124 14.5 mm rounds, 360 40 mm rounds and 90 rifle-propelled smoke grenades...one RPG launcher, an antiaircraft gun and 200 anti-aircraft gun rounds.
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Stryker Brigade Combat Team ~ Iraq-ization, ping!
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posted on
02/27/2004 8:49:32 AM PST
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Ragtime Cowgirl
("(We)..come to rout out tyranny from its nest. Confusion to the enemy." - B. Taylor, US Marine)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
A nice trend developing here.
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posted on
02/27/2004 9:42:03 AM PST
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whizzer
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
We are winning ~ the bad guys are losing ~ trolls, terrorists and the democ
rats are sad ~ very sad!
~~ Bush/Cheney 2004 ~~
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posted on
02/27/2004 10:10:25 AM PST
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Bump!
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posted on
02/27/2004 5:00:59 PM PST
by
windchime
(Podesta about Bush: "He's got four years to try to undo all the stuff we've done." (TIME-1/22/01))
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