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NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 January 14, 2004Release Number: 04-01-33 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORMER HIGH LEVEL BA'ATHISTS DENOUNCE TERRORISM IN IRAQ MOSUL, IRAQ (Jan. 14, 2004) – Former Ba’ath Party leaders in Northern Iraq denounced the party of Saddam Hussein Tuesday and exhorted the people of the region to work with the Coalition to build a free and unified Iraq. More than 50 leaders who once supported The Ba’ath Party objectives met in the city hall of Ash Shurah, a small town 35 kilometers south...

CJTF-7 Public AffairsBAGHDAD, Iraq Release #040112a First telephone fiber optic cable laid in Northern IraqMOSUL, IRAQ – A ceremony was held in the city of Mosul today in honor of the first fiber optic communications network to be laid in Northern Iraq. With the new 40 kilometers of fiber optic cable connecting Mosul to Dohuk, a city to the north, communications between people will be greatly improved. “This is a very historic day,” said Lt. Col. Welton Chase, commander, 501st Signal Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). “This is the beginning of a network that will tie into banks, universities...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 January 12, 2004Release Number: 04-01-26 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORMER BA’ATH PARTY MEMBERS DENOUNCE AFFILIATION, TURN IN WEAPONS MOSUL, Iraq – High-ranking members of the Ba’ath Party renounced party affiliation today at a meeting in Tallafar in northwestern Iraq while fellow Iraqis and leaders from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) witnessed. In addition to renouncing their Ba’ath Party affiliation, the officials turned in weapons to Col. Michael Linnington, commander, 187th Infantry Regiment, and Lt. Col. Christopher Pease, commander, 1st Battalion,...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 January 11, 2004Release Number: 04-01-25 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION SOLDIERS CAPTURE ANTI-COALITION SUSPECTS MOSUL, Iraq – Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) captured several anti-coalition suspects Jan. 10 and 11 in northern Iraq. The 1st Brigade Combat Team (BCT) detained three individuals in a white Toyota, Jan. 10, near the southeastern corner of a U.S. compound west of Qayyarah. The vehicle matched the description of one used by men...

CJTF-7 Public AffairsBAGHDAD, IraqRelease #040110f101st celebrates Iraq Army birthday MOSUL, Iraq – Leaders from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and members of the Mosul Interim Government met Tuesday in Mosul to activate Iraqi soldiers and celebrate the Iraqi Army’s 83rd birthday. Two Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) Battalions and one Iraqi Border Police (IBP) Battalion were activated in a ceremony at Camp Claiborne, in front of a crowd of coalition soldiers and former Iraqi soldiers. The ceremony kicked off with comments by Lt. Col. Donald Fryc, commander, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air...

CJTF-7 Public AffairsBAGHDAD, IraqRelease #040110bThe mighty, mighty sling load operation itselfMOSUL, Iraq – On a remote mountaintop in northern Iraq, 10 miles east of the town of Tall Afar, soldiers are getting ready to leave their outpost and join fellow soldiers in Mosul. They’re doing it the way soldiers in the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) have been doing it for years – by air. Soldiers from Bravo Company and Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 501st Signal Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) set up a retransmission site eight months ago on a mountain close to Highway One to boost...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 January 9, 2004Release Number: 04-01-20 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IRAQI CITIZENS TURN IN WEAPONS CACHES MOSUL, Iraq – Concerned citizens turned in large caches of weapons Jan. 7 to soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) in northwest Iraq. Two high level Ba’ath Party officials, one from the town of Tal Afar and one from Zumar, turned in weapons to soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team (BCT). The collections included 69 AK-47s, 98 magazines, 98 82-millimeter mortar rounds and...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894   January 9, 2004Release Number: 04-01-19 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 101ST CAPTURES SIX ANTI-COALITION SUSPECTS MOSUL, Iraq – During pre-dawn raids in northern Iraq Jan. 8 soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) captured six people suspected of anti-Coalition activities. An element of the division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team (BCT) detained five individuals in Ash Shura for attacks on Coalition Forces. The individuals were also connected to making improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The element confiscated an AK-47 rifle and electrical...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 January 4, 2004Release Number: 04-01-10 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 101st CAPTURES TOP TARGET, SEIZES WEAPONS MOSUL, Iraq – Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) detained a top anti-Coalition suspect during a cordon and search in a small town south of Mosul Jan. 3. The suspect became the battalion’s top target after his alleged involvement in an ambush in late July that resulted in the death of three U.S. soldiers. The suspect is also thought to...

CJTF-7 Public AffairsBAGHDAD, IraqRelease #040103d  101st doctors, Mosul medical college hold symposium MOSUL, Iraq – The Mosul Medical College, the 21st Combat Support Hospital, and physicians from the 101st Airborne Division gathered Dec. 30 for a symposium on diseases. Included in the event was a brief ride in a medical evacuation or MEDEVAC helicopter, a tour of the 21st Combat Support Hospital and a series of medical presentations. The topics included brucellosis, a “superendemic” disease commonly transmitted by drinking unpasteurized milk or eating cheese that is not boiled during preparation. Dean of Mosul Medical College, Dr. Samim Al-Dabbagh, made the...

CJTF-7 Public AffairsBAGHDAD, IraqRelease #040103b Iraq’s first anti-corruption team gets underway MOSUL, Iraq – The first specialized anti-corruption office in Iraqi history celebrated its inception Jan. 2 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Mosul involving political and military leaders throughout Nineveh Province. With a force of 15 investigators and prosecutors, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will work to oppose what Coalition Forces see as an epidemic of infidelity among political and social leaders in Iraq. Capt. Richard Taylor, former battle captain for the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Staff Judge Advocate, designed the plan for ACC because he saw that the best...

CJTF-7 Public AffairsBAGHDAD, IraqRelease #040101a  101st Soldiers, Michigan town facilitate pen-pal program MOSUL, Iraq – Traverse City, Mich., has taken an interest in the Qayyarah-Nineveh region of Iraq. Since early September, three 3rd and 4th grade classes have started a correspondence with 4th grade Iraqi children in the village of Tulul Nasir. This pen-pal program sparked the interest of residents in Traverse City, who responded with boxes of art supplies and t-shirts for the children and mail and food for the soldiers. The pen-pal project includes seventy-one 4th grade children in Tulul Nasir and seventy-one 3rd and 4th grade children...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 December 31, 2003Release Number: 03-12-84 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 101ST LOCATES NUMEROUS WEAPONS CACHES IN NORTHERN IRAQ MOSUL, Iraq – Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) discovered weapons caches Dec. 30 in and around the city of Mosul. In the 1st Brigade Combat Team (BCT) area of operations a source led soldiers to a group of freshly dug holes, one of which contained two bags full of 82-millimeter mortar rounds. Also a local civilian guided forces to a cache...