Posted on 12/29/2003 9:42:15 AM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl
101st, former high level Ba’ath party official secure weapons caches
party official secure weapons caches
MOSUL, Iraq – Saturday was a busy day for the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) as soldiers all over the division’s area of operations collected scores of munitions from Iraqi communities.
The Coalition for Iraqi National Unity handed over an AK-47, nine rocket-propelled grenade launchers (RPG), and 33 RPG rounds to the 101st’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team. Later, the 3rd BCT received a sniper rifle, 93 magazines, and 55 AK-47’s from a former high-level Ba’ath Party official.
The 1st Brigade Combat Team (BCT) collected an additional two surface-to-air missiles at the Qayyarah Oil Refinery from an individual who had turned in weapons to Coalition Forces in the past.
A 2nd BCT patrol turned up 20 rockets and at least three 155mm rounds with wires running through them rigged as an improvised explosive device (IED). The area was secured and explosive ordinance personnel later disarmed the IED’s.
The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) will continue similar security operations throughout Northern Iraq.
http://www.vcorps.army.mil/www/CJTF7/Releases/releases_dec/cjtf7_media_031228h.htm
MOSUL, Iraq – High-level Ba’ath Party members in northern Iraq cooperated with Coalition Forces by handing in weapons to soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division Saturday.
A Shua’aba (third tier) member of the Ba’ath Party in Tallafar turned in 30 AK-47 rifles and 49 AK-47 magazines Saturday to the Tactical Operations Command of the 101st’s 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment.
On the same day, a second Shua’aba level member, in Abu Mariyah, handed in three AK-47 rifles and one rocket-propelled grenade launcher to the 1st Battalion TOC.
Both members are scheduled to turn in more weapons to Coalition Forces in the coming week, according to a unit report.
http://www.vcorps.army.mil/www/CJTF7/Releases/releases_dec/cjtf7_media_031228f.htm
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