Home » Archives » "TFO Detains Suspects"

TFO Detains Suspects

Feb-26-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

[Link to CENTCOM Press Release]
February 26, 2004
Release Number: 04-02-47

MOSUL, Iraq - Soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) under the operational control of Task Force Olympia detained personnel suspected of anti-coalition activities in northern Iraq Wednesday.

Soldiers from 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment returned fire on a group of four assailants Wednesday night following a rocket-propelled-grenade attack near Hammam Al Alil. The coalition soldiers killed one assailant, and the remaining suspects ran into a nearby building. The unit immediately cordoned off the building and conducted a search that resulted in the unit detaining two suspects.

In Mosul, soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment conducted two cordon-and-search operations and detained five personnel suspected of anti-coalition activities.

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment conducted a cordon-and-search operation outside of Mosul and detained three personnel associated with anti-coalition activities, including one target suspected of selling illegal weapons in northern Iraq.


Post a comment

(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by a site administrator before your comment will appear. We appreciate your patience.)

Advertisements