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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
November 30, 2005
Release Number: 05-11-137
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
IRAQ, U.S. FORCES CAPTURE 33 TERROR SUSPECTS
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Task Force Baghdad Soldiers teamed up with Iraqi security forces to conduct Operation Thunder Blitz in southern Baghdad Nov. 29, resulting in the capture of 33 terror suspects.
Moving rapidly into the area, hundreds of U.S. Soldiers from 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and Iraqi Forces from the 1st Battalion, 2nd Commando Brigade (Wolf Battalion) took the enemy by surprise by securing seven different objectives areas along the Tigris River.
Operation Thunder Blitz was focused on removing weapons and terrorists from the streets prior to the Dec. 15 elections.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS RELEASE, CONTACT THE TASK FORCE BAGHDAD PUBLIC AFFAIRS PLANS AND OPERATIONS NCO, SGT. FIRST CLASS DAVID ABRAMS AT: DAVID.ABRAMS@ID3.ARMY.MIL.
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http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=200511138.txt
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
November 30, 2005
Release Number: 05-11-138
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SOLDIERS FIND WEAPONS CACHES, TERRORISTS ON ISLAND
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Task Force Baghdad Soldiers found multiple weapons caches on an island in the Euphrates River Nov. 28.
Military officials had been monitoring suspicious activity near the Euphrates River southwest of Baghdad for a couple of weeks. When conditions were right, Soldiers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division were ready to spring into action.
Soldiers from 2/101st’s 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment secured the objective and discovered three significant weapons caches.
Soldiers also searched surrounding homes and facilities, detaining two suspected terrorists.
In total, the Soldiers uncovered 11 500-pound bomb shells, C4 explosives, welding equipment, mortar rounds, miscellaneous bomb-making material, 57 mm rockets, 40 bags of fertilizer, 12 directional charges, five 155 mm rounds, 100 feet of detonation cord, three rocket-propelled grenades, eight bags of 20 mm rounds and other munitions and explosives.
An explosive ordnance disposal team was called to the site to conduct a controlled detonation of the caches.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – Weapons and munitions are laid out on the ground after Soldiers from C Company, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment found the cache Nov. 28. (U.S. Army photo by 2nd Lt. Paul Fisher, 2/101st Airborne Division PAO)
BAGHDAD – Soldiers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division provide security along a perimeter as other Soldiers from the unit search an island in the Euphrates River for weapons caches and terrorists. (U.S. Army photo by 2nd Lt. Paul Fisher, 2/101st Airborne Division PAO)
BAGHDAD -- Soldiers of C Company, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment walk down a pathway during a cordon-and-search mission Nov. 28. The Soldiers cleared an area believed to be a storage facility for insurgent ordnance. (U.S. Army photo by 2nd Lt. Paul Fisher, 2/101st Airborne Division PAO)
BAGHDAD -- Capt. Albert Vigilante, commander of C Company, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, walks with Pfc. Brock Price as the unit searches for weapons caches on a Euphrates River island Nov. 28. (U.S. Army photo by 2nd Lt. Paul Fisher, 2/101st Airborne Division PAO)
BAGHDAD – A smoke cloud rises at dusk after an explosive ordnance disposal team destroys weapons and munitions found on an island in the Euphrates River Nov. 28. (U.S. Army photo by 2nd Lt. Paul Fisher, 2/101st Airborne Division PAO)
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS RELEASE, CONTACT TASK FORCE BAGHDAD PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT DAVID.ABRAMS@ID3.ARMY.MIL.
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