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TFO Detains 34, Collects Weapons

Mar- 5-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

[Link to CJTF7 Press Release]

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 anticoalition activities and conducted ongoing weapons-collection operations in northern Iraq. A series of operations in and around Mosul by 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) led to the capture of 34 people suspected of anticoalition activities, including eight suspected of planning attacks on coalition forces.

A patrol from 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment in Mosul uncovered a cache of 20 60 mm mortar rounds Wednesday. In Ash Shuhayiah, a patrol from 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry regiment uncovered a cache of 15 mortar rounds. During a pair of weapons turn-ins Wednesday, two concerned Iraqi citizens turned in one rocket-propelled-grenade launcher, 46 mortar rounds, one 57 mm rocket and one 68 mm rocket to 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment headquarters in Tall Afar. Anyone with information about criminal or terrorist activities should inform the Iraqi police or coalition forces or call the Tips Hotline at 813-343 or 780-013. To turn in weapons or munitions, contact any coalition soldier or call the hotline at 813-343.

Release #040304d


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