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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
October 6, 2005
Release Number: 05-10-20
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OPERATION RIVER GATE UPDATE
CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq – Approximately 350 Iraqi Security Force Soldiers and Coalition Marines, Soldiers and Sailors from Regimental Combat Team – 2 continued Operation Bawwabatu Annaher, River Gate in English, in the cities of Haditha, Haqlaniyah and Barwana.
Iraqi Soldiers provide security for Haditha General Hospital’s patients and personnel. The hospital is the largest medical facility in Western Al Anbar, and was targeted last spring by a suicide car bomber.
Operation River Gate began Oct. 4 with predawn air strikes on the Dulab, Haditha and Barwana bridges which span the Euphrates River. The strikes were carefully executed to disable the bridges and limit the terrorists’ ability to flee the cities.
Early this morning, Marines detained a man in Barwana for possession of a mortar system. At noon in Haditha, Iraqi Security Forces and Marines discovered a roadside bomb which consisted of two 155 mm artillery rounds. The bomb was destroyed in place without incident. This is the third such device found since yesterday morning.
Since the operation commenced Oct. 4, six Al Qaeda in Iraq terrorists have been killed in the fighting. Approximately 110 men suspected of terrorist activity have been detained.
Essential services such as electricity, water and access to medical care have not been disrupted by the ongoing operation.
More information will be released as it becomes available.
For more information, contact the 1st Marine Division Public Affairs Officer at VandenBosscheKS@gcenbf-wiraq.usmc.mil.
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http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20051021.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
October 6, 2005
Release Number: 05-10-21
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TIP HELPS U.S. SOLDIERS FOIL CAR BOMB ATTACK NEAR SCHOOL
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- U.S. Soldiers, responding to an Iraqi citizen’s tip, foiled a potential terrorist car bomb attack near an elementary school in west Baghdad Oct. 3.
At 2 p.m., an Iraqi citizen reported a possible car bomb 20 yards from an elementary school. The man said the car had been parked there with its hood up since 11:30 a.m. He added that the driver then exited the vehicle and was picked up by another car, which then drove away.
An explosives ordnance disposal team investigated and found a mortar round, four tank rounds, a propane tank and a radio controlled detonation device wired to the car’s antenna. The Soldiers safely detonated the bomb.
In other combat operations Oct. 3, Task Force Baghdad Soldiers captured four suspected roadside bombers and found four weapons caches in different areas of the city.
U.S. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment, stopped a suspicious-looking vehicle while manning a traffic control point at around 3 p.m. in south Baghdad.
When the unit searched the vehicle, they found TNT and blue and white wires often used to detonate improvised explosive devices in the trunk. The four occupants of the vehicle were taken into custody for questioning.
Coalition Forces found the four weapons caches hidden in various areas of Baghdad. The caches contained 29 mortar rounds and a mortar tripod, nine rockets, a bag of TNT with wires running from it, one rocket propelled grenade launcher and four RPGs, four machine guns, four AK-47 rifles and nearly 3,000 rounds of ammunition.
The Soldiers also found anti-Iraqi forces propaganda and paraphernalia at one of the cache sites.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS RELEASE, CONTACT TASK FORCE BAGHDAD PUBLIC AFFAIRS, SGT. FIRST CLASS DAVID ABRAMS AT DAVID.ABRAMS@ID3.ARMY.MIL.
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