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If the men and women serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom have it, chances are they got it from the 3rd Corps Support Command. At a news conference today in Baghdad that was beamed to the Pentagon press corps, Army Brig. Gen. Vincent E. Boles explained to reporters that the unit he commands is responsible for getting Combined Joint Task Force 7 forces the things they need. If the troops in Iraq "eat it, drive it, move it, drink it, fly it or wear it, we're responsible for getting it to them," the general said. The 3rd Corps Support Command, normally...

A former Iraqi general turned himself in to coalition forces Jan. 19, reported Combined Joint Task Force 7 today. Gen. Matloob Muslat Sayer, a former high-ranking Baath Party official and paramilitary Fedayeen Saddam member, surrendered himself to Task Force All American, according to a CJTF 7 release. His action was a result of the task force's previous operations against former regime element networks," the release noted. Sayer, his family and associates had reportedly been involved in recent attacks on coalition forces. Soldiers found two AK-47 assault rifles, nine AK-47 magazines and various improvised explosive device-making materials at his home in...

Soldiers equipped with the Stryker -- a transformational, multi-wheeled armored vehicle -- are soon slated to take up duty in the Mosul, Iraq, area of operations, according to a Combined Joint Task Force 7 news release today. The 1st Corps headquarters element from Fort Lewis, Wash., arrived in Mosul Jan. 17. In early February, the release noted, 1st Corps is slated to relieve the 101st Airborne Division of control of military operations around Mosul in northern Iraq. The 1st Corps headquarters element will become the Multi-National Brigade North when authority is transferred from the 101st, according to the release. The...

THE CITIZEN Latest News Secret army unit gets robbed Joint Task Force 2 has truck, counter-terrorism gear stolen during stop at store David Pugliese The Ottawa Citizen January 17, 2004 Canada's commandos may have tested their mettle against al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, but they appear to be no match for homegrown car thieves. A Joint Task Force 2 pickup truck containing counter-terrorism gear was stolen last May after personnel from the unit made a quick stop at a store, the military has confirmed. Although police recovered the Ford S350 pickup two days later, the thieves had made off with two empty...

Today's bombing outside coalition headquarters in Baghdad will not deter U.S. and coalition forces from their mission in Iraq, a military spokesman said in a briefing from the Iraqi capital. An explosives-laden truck exploded shortly after 8 a.m. during Sunday's morning rush hour near the entrance to the headquarters. At least 20 people were killed, and at least 60 more were injured. Officials believe most of the dead were Iraqi citizens, but Army Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, deputy director of operations for Combined Joint Task Force 7, said two Americans may have been killed by the blast. "We have indications...

Anti-coalition forces and former regime elements should "lay down their arms and embrace the future," the commander of U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq said in a briefing from Baghdad today. "The former regime is never going to come back," said Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez, commander of Combined Joint Task Force 7. "We're going to be relentless in the pursuit of these targets. We're going to capture or kill them, as is our mission. Those that remain at large, and given the pace that we're moving toward sovereignty, it's time for them to lay down their arms and become...

Task Force All-American soldiers nabbed two more senior anti-coalition leaders during combat operations in western Iraq, according to a Combined Joint Task Force 7 news release. The release noted that Brig. Gen. Kalil Ibraham Fayal al-Dulaymi and Gen. Mamoud Khudair Younes were captured by 82nd Airborne Division troops today and Jan. 14, respectively. The operations also included the detention of 41 other suspected insurgents, and followed the Jan. 11 seizure of Khamis Sirhan al-Muhammad, former Baathist Party regional leader in Anbar province, which includes Fallujah, Khalidiyah and Ramadi, under the deposed Saddam Hussein regime. Al-Dulaymi, the release stated, was the...

A combined operation by members of the 82nd Airborne Division and special operations forces resulted in the capture of number 54 of Iraq's 55 most-wanted fugitives Jan. 11 near Ramadi, Army Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, deputy operations director for Combined Joint Task Force 7, announced during a briefing from Baghdad today. Khamis Sirhan al-Muhammad, former Baath Party regional chairman for the Karbala governate, is in coalition custody, the general said. Due to circumstances of the capture, Kimmitt said, he could not provide any further details. This capture, he said, is "another significant step in reducing anti-coalition resistance. He was an...

Task Force 1st Armored Division Soldiers captured five men suspected of firing rockets at the Coalition Provisional Authority headquarters Dec. 25, according to Combined Joint Task Force-7 officials. Two rockets hit an unpopulated area near parking in the vicinity of the CPA Head Quarters at about 11:15 p.m. There were no injuries or damage to equipment or property. Aircraft observed the launch point and reported the location.