http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/07/exguantanamo_detaine.php
“Ex-Guantanamo detainee suicide bomber fought at Tora Bora”
By BILL ROGGIO
July 1, 2008 1:44 AM
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “On the morning of March 23, 2008, an Easter Sunday, a massive blast rocked the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Eight kilometers away at Forward Operating Base Marez, the US Military Transition Team for the 6th Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division, prepared for the worst. The blast was so large many thought incoming rounds landed close by inside the base. But a large plume rising in the distance in the northwest made it clear a very large suicide vehicle attack just occurred inside Mosul.
The US adviser team, led by Lieutenant Colonel Jeff Meeker, immediately spun up and accompanied Brigadier General Taha to the blast site – Combat Outpost Inman in the western sector of the city. The team, accompanied by this reporter, arrived at the scene of the attack within one hour of the bombing.
The devastation of the attack was visible immediately upon entering the combat outpost. An al Qaeda suicide bomber drove an armored dump truck with an estimated 10,000 pounds of explosives through the gate and detonated it directly in the middle of the compound.
The ambulance blocking the gate lay on its side.”
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http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20874&Itemid=21
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080630-04
June 30, 2008
MND-B Soldiers seize caches throughout Baghdad Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers seized munitions as they conducted operations to increase security in Baghdad June 29.
Soldiers with the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, seized three smoke grenades and three hand grenades in the Adhamiyah area of Baghdad at approximately 3:45 p.m.
Approximately three hours later, Soldiers with the 3rd BCT, 4th Inf. Div., seized an improvised explosive device constructed from a 122 mm artillery shell north of Baghdad. The IED find was reported to the Soldiers by Iraqi National Police.
Soldiers with the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, seized two explosively formed projectiles in the Rusafa area of Baghdad at approximately 9: 30 p.m.
Two hours later, Soldiers from the 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., found a 60 mm mortar launcher, an RPG launcher and an unknown machine gun in the West Rashid area of Baghdad.
“Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers continue to comb the area and remove these weapons from the streets,” said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, spokesman, MND-B and the 4th Inf. Div. “Each weapon and munitions seized is one less that criminals can use against innocent Iraqi civilians.”
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