Troops in Iraq Kill Terrorists, Capture Suspects, Seize Weapons

American Forces Press Service ^

[SandRat]

WASHINGTON, April 28, 2008 – Coalition and Iraqi forces killed 42 members of Iranian-backed “special groups,” detained eight terrorism suspects, and seized weapons in Iraq over the past four days, military officials said.

During operations in northeastern Baghdad yesterday:

-- Iraqi and Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers manning a checkpoint retaliated against a large group that attacked them around 6:35 p.m. with small-arms fire. The U.S. component of the combined force used 120 mm fire from M1A12 Abrams tanks and small-arms fire, killing 22 attackers and forcing the rest to flee. No U.S. or Iraqi soldiers were harmed or killed.

-- While on dismounted patrol around 6 p.m., 4th Infantry Division soldiers from 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, were attacked with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. Soldiers providing a cordon engaged the attackers with 120 mm tank rounds and machine-gun fire from an Abrams tank, killing seven.

-- Soldiers from 1-68th Armor Regiment killed five attackers who had fired rocket-propelled grenades in the course of three separate operations.

-- An aerial weapons team killed a man after he attacked soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team with small-arms fire around 8:30 a.m. In the same area about two hours later, soldiers from 1-68th Armor Regiment killed another man after he attacked their checkpoint with small-arms fire.

Elsewhere in Iraq yesterday:

-- Soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division’s 4th Brigade Combat Team returned fire and killed two attackers in a group that attacked a combat outpost with small-arms fire in eastern Baghdad around 3:15 p.m..

-- Coalition forces killed one enemy fighter and uncovered an explosives cache in Baghdad’s Rashid district. During the engagement between the ground force and armed attackers, a 14-year-old child was injured in the crossfire. He was treated at a coalition medical facility then released to the care of his family.

-- Soldiers with 3rd Iraqi Army Division advised by U.S. Special Forces soldiers detained six suspected insurgents in Bulayj during an operation to disrupt insurgent networks operating in the area.

In operations April 26, separate tips led Multinational Division Center soldiers to weapons caches in Mahmudiyah, near a patrol base about 20 miles south of the Iraqi capital. The cache contained improvised explosive device-making materials. Another cache, uncovered at a house near the Qaqa apartments in Mahmudiyah included six mortars, a 107 mm rocket, a 57 mm projectile, ball bearings and other explosive-making materials, and an IED that consisted of blocks of TNT.

Elsewhere, Iraqi soldiers discovered a large cache containing mortars, rockets and IED-making materials northwest of Yusufiyah. Troops turned over the contents of the cache to a coalition force explosive ordnance disposal team for controlled detonation.

In operations April 25 and 26, Iraqi security forces advised by U.S. Special Forces soldiers killed three men during an operation to prevent special groups violence in Hussayniya, and Iraqi special operations forces operating in Jazeera Desert nabbed the two suspected weapons smugglers.

(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)

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[Robert A Cook PE]

Kill Terrorists, Capture Suspects, Seize Weapons?

Just another day at work.

[Poetgal26]

We came, We saw and we kicked some A$$

[McKayopectate]

Ooh, yeah! Keep it going! The terrorists have to run out of men and weapons at some point, don’t they?

[Poetgal26]

One can hope and pray

[elhombrelibre]

Iraq ping.

[Bringbackthedraft]

120mm round? They never felt a thing.

[Poetgal26]

True

[SandRat]

Raining enemy hair, teeth, & eyeballs.

[elhombrelibre]

Probably that tank gave the 7 criminals what Napoleon called "a whiff of grape shot." That is, we used the same thing in today's 120mm tank round's cannister round. See the link.

http://www.dtic.mil/ndia/2005garm/wednesday/macmillan.pdf

[elhombrelibre]

See my post #11.

[elhombrelibre]

I should have said the 22 criminals, not the 7.

[Bringbackthedraft]

Like we had years ago, a bee hive round for the 105mm.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks for the good news ping!

[stand watie]

our folkd did GOOD!!!

free dixie,sw

[stand watie]

the BIG one (if i remember correctly - it's been 3 decades ago) in RVN was the 8 INCH beehive round. (i saw one fired once ====> it CLEARED OUT about a click of jungle.)

what we MPs had in DS "back when" was gunships with rockets, mini-guns,vulcans & at least one Chinook with a 105 HOWITZER in the rear!!!!

btw, where is "PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON", when we NEED him??? ====> does it still exist??? (Puff brought MUCHO SMOKE on Charlie!!)

free dixie,sw

[Bringbackthedraft]

Puff evolved, got 2 extra motors and a whole Sh#t load of new ordnance delivery systems. He's called a C 130 Gunship now. Ever evolving, the next generation gets better I'm sure.

[elhombrelibre]

This was one has a variety of ingredients, whereas the 105mm had fleschettes in it.

See the link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleschette

[Marine_Uncle]

One thing is clear. The Triangle of Death area of towns/cities shall continue to show up large caches. This area was a major play ground for AQIR, Sunni as well as Shia baddies since 2004. It's unique position in the country had afforded it easy cover for all the anti-coalition and recent Iraqi government, with good road systems, and the many canal systems between the two rivers, with lots of run down industrial buildings.
It needs to be cleaned up over the next few months. No easy task.