MNF Detains Two, Including Suspected Fallujah Operative

MNF Detains Two, Including Suspected Fallujah Operative

Mosul, Iraq -- Soldiers from 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) detained two people wanted for anti-Iraqi activities and foiled a roadside bomb attack Oct. 29 in northern Iraq.

Multi-National Forces conducted a cordon and search in the northern Iraqi village of Daynach and detained a known weapons smuggler suspected of planning and conducting attacks against MNF in Fallujah. The suspect is in custody undergoing questioning.

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment conducted a cordon and search in southern Mosul and detained one person suspected of planning and conducting anti-Iraqi activities. The suspect remains in custody with no MNF injuries reported during the operation.

Soldiers from the 17th Corps Support Battalion foiled a roadside bomb when they noticed a 155mm artillery round lying near the road south of Mosul. An MNF explosive ordnance disposal team destroyed the device with no injuries reported.

Multi-National Forces from Task Force Olympia continue to work together with members of Iraqi Security Forces, leaders and citizens of Iraq to make it a safe, prosperous, and democratic nation.

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1 posted on 10/30/2004 4:44:07 AM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl

To: Cannoneer No. 4; TEXOKIE; xzins; Alamo-Girl; blackie; SandRat; Calpernia; SAMWolf; prairiebreeze; ..

Good news, ping!

2 posted on 10/30/2004 4:44:55 AM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

May God Bless Them All, keep them safe, and grant them a swift victory!

3 posted on 10/30/2004 4:55:45 AM PDT by Woogit (IN GOD I TRUST...NO MATTER WHAT!)

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

Monday Night Football?....

4 posted on 10/30/2004 4:56:29 AM PDT by dakine

hehe...acronyms gone wild!

5 posted on 10/30/2004 5:00:13 AM PDT by xp38

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

Rounding up the bad guys ~ Bump!

6 posted on 10/30/2004 7:30:01 AM PDT by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

7 posted on 10/30/2004 7:50:47 AM PDT by whizzer

Time to take Fallujah out. The bastard cowards set off another car bomb today killing our boys.

8 posted on 10/30/2004 7:55:26 AM PDT by citizen (Write-in Tom Tancredo for President/Jeff Flake VP 2004!)

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

WOO HOO! That's my nephew's outfit! Way to go Sean!

9 posted on 10/30/2004 7:57:55 AM PDT by airborne (God answers all prayers. Sometimes the answer is ,"No".)

hehe...acronyms gone wild!

Personally, I belong to AAAAA; American Association Against All Acronyms!

: )

10 posted on 10/30/2004 7:59:35 AM PDT by Publius6961 (The most abundant things in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.)

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

11 posted on 10/30/2004 8:38:18 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl

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