4ID, TASK FORCE IRONHORSE OPERATIONS UPDATE

CENTCOM ^ | March 16, 2004

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

	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

March 16, 2004
Release Number: 04-03-39


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


4ID, TASK FORCE IRONHORSE OPERATIONS UPDATE

TIKRIT, Iraq - 4th Infantry Division and Task Force Ironhorse conducted 126 patrols and four raids, and captured 14 individuals Sunday and Monday.

Twenty-eight patrols were joint operations conducted with the Iraqi police, Iraqi Civil Defense Corps and the Department of Border Enforcement.

Weapons and equipment confiscated in raids and patrols throughout the Task Force Ironhorse area of operations include three AK-47 rifles, one SKS rifle, four 57 mm and five 160 mm rockets, six rocket launchers, 154 60 mm and 40 120 mm mortar rounds and two improvised explosive devises.

1st Infantry Division soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 77th Armor captured six individuals suspected of conducting rocket attacks against coalition forces during a raid east of Balad Sunday. Three of the six individuals captured were the suspected attackers. The soldiers also confiscated one AK-47 rifle. The individuals are being detained at Forward Operating Base Paliwoda.

An Iraqi citizen turned in a large cache of ammunition to soldiers from 1st Infantry Division at FOB Thunder Sunday. The cache included 150 60 mm high-explosive mortar rounds, four 60 mm smoke mortar rounds, 40 120 mm mortar rounds and four 57 mm rockets. The cache was collected and secured until it could be destroyed.

1st Infantry Division soldiers from the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment discovered six fabricated rocket launchers after an Iraqi citizen reported the location northwest of the village of Munsha'a (Ad
Dawr) Sunday. The soldiers found five 160 mm rockets in the fabricated launchers near an improvised fighting position. The rockets were pointed toward FOB Wilson. An explosive ordinance detachment went to the site to remove and destroy the rockets.

1st Infantry Division soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment conducted a raid Monday near Kirkuk to capture individuals suspected in attacks on the Kirkuk airfield. The Soldiers captured two individuals, including the individual suspected of the attacks, and confiscated identification documents.

1st Infantry Division soldiers from 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment conducted air-assault raids Monday to capture members of an anticoalition-forces cell near the villages of Obj Kaena and Obj Waimea (south of Tuz). The Soldiers captured four individuals during the raid. The individuals are being detained for questioning.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

1st Infantry Division soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 77th Armor captured six individuals suspected of conducting rocket attacks against coalition forces during a raid east of Balad Sunday. Three of the six...were the suspected attackers...

An Iraqi citizen turned in... to soldiers from 1st Infantry Division at FOB ...150 60 mm high-explosive mortar rounds, four 60 mm smoke mortar rounds, 40 120 mm mortar rounds and four 57 mm rockets.

1st Infantry Division soldiers from the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment discovered six fabricated rocket launchers (pointed toward FOB Wilson) after an Iraqi citizen reported the location...

1st Infantry Division soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment conducted a raid Monday near Kirkuk to capture individuals suspected in attacks on the Kirkuk airfield...captured two individuals, including the individual suspected of the attacks....

 

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                 First Infantry Division,       

       ~  "Duty First" !  

 

 Bad news for the Sunni Triangle bad guys...

 

                      ...TF Ironhorse, ping!  

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[blackie]

1st Infantry Division soldiers from the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment ~ Bump!

We are winning ~ the bad guys are losing ~ trolls, terrorists, democrats and the mainstream media are sad ~ very sad!

~~ Bush/Cheney 2004 ~~

[whizzer]

BUMP!!

[Alamo-Girl]

Bump!

[PhilDragoo]

1st Infantry Division soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 77th Armor captured six individuals suspected of conducting rocket attacks against coalition forces during a raid east of Balad Sunday. Three of the six...were the suspected attackers...

Three perps get rocket enemas; three others get to watch.

So let it be written, so let it be done.

Next.

[fatima]

PhilDragoo,what does next mean.

[PhilDragoo]

Picture the busy courtroom.

The judge hears the pleas, sets the bail, bangs the gavel--next.

Justice in Iraq is meted out to the terrorists--briskly.

[fatima]

What makes you think that "Justice in Iraq is meted out to the terrorists--briskly."

[fatima]

PhilDragoo,Thanks for your answer.