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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
December 5, 2005
Release Number: 05-12-10
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIERS FIND TWO WEAPONS CACHES
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Soldiers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division discovered two significant weapons caches Dec. 2, adding them to the growing list of terrorist stockpiles they’ve found in south Baghdad.
The Soldiers of A Troop, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment conducted a routine cordon and search of houses in a village, leading to the discovery of a small weapons cache that led the troops to a larger find upon further exploration of the site.
After discovering two 82-millimeter rockets, one 60-millimeter mortar tube, two 60-millimeter mortar rounds and one small-arms tripod, an explosive ordnance disposal team was called to the site to assess the cache.
While EOD was en route to the area, A Troop Soldiers continued to secure the site and search the surrounding roads and fields for more weapons caches. They found an additional site with multiple explosives, munitions and other suspicious materials.
When the digging and searching of the cache site was completed, the fruits of A Troop’s efforts included a total of two complete mortar systems, one rocket-propelled grenade launcher, 10 Iraqi Army-issue flak jackets, 10 Iraqi Army-issue uniforms, 20 pounds of homemade explosives, 33 RPGs, 36 86-millimeter mortars, 42 52-millimeter mortars, 21 120-millimeter mortars, 47 rocket-fired grenades, 34 pick-up mortars, 11 various rockets, 3,000 anti-aircraft munitions, thousands of rounds of ammunition, multiple weapons, grenades and explosives as well as materials used to manufacture improvised explosive devices.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS RELEASE, CONTACT THE TASK FORCE BAGHDAD PUBLIC AFFAIRS PLANS AND OPERATIONS NCO, MASTER SGT DAVID ABRAMS AT: DAVID.ABRAMS@ID3.ARMY.MIL.
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http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20051211.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
December 5, 2005
Release Number: 05-12-11
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
24 TERROR SUSPECTS TAKEN OFF STREETS OF BAGHDAD
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Launching operations based on tips from Iraqi citizens and intelligence developed over time, Task Force Baghdad Soldiers captured 24 terror suspects in the Al Rasheed district during a 12-hour period Dec. 3-4.
Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment conducted three cordon and searches and captured a total of nine individuals. A Company, 1st Bn., 184th Inf. detained six individuals in eastern Rasheed Dec. 3 around 11:35 p.m. One of the detainees was a known member of an al Qaeda bomb-making cell and another individual is suspected of running safe houses used to smuggle terrorists into Baghdad.
Three hours later, another element from 1/184 detained a targeted individual in Abu Dischir and another two at daybreak in Dora.
A tipster alerted Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment on the trail of terror suspects operating in western Rasheed. They conducted a hasty cordon and search and captured two individuals before midnight on Dec. 3.
At about 2:30 a.m., 3/7 Inf. Soldiers conducted another cordon and search in Jihad and captured three individuals.
The battalion also detained another individual in Jihad the night before.
“The operation last night was a huge victory for the locals in Jihad,” said 1st Lt. Reeon Brown, a platoon leader from A Co., 3/7 Inf. who led one of last night’s operations. “This man has spent months killing innocent Iraqis and Iraqi Security Forces. Now he is off the street thanks to the bravery of one local man. I want to thank him and let the Iraqi people know that they are the most powerful weapons in the fight against terrorists.”
Farther south in the rural areas of Baghdad, Soldiers from 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment was also rounding up terror suspects.
A unit conducting a cordon and search at 1 a.m. on Dec. 4 captured nine individuals.
All of the suspects were taken to military facilities for further questioning.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS RELEASE, CONTACT THE TASK FORCE BAGHDAD PUBLIC AFFAIRS PLANS AND OPERATIONS NCO, MASTER SGT DAVID ABRAMS AT: DAVID.ABRAMS@ID3.ARMY.MIL.
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