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Coalition detains two, destroys two IEDs

Apr-27-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

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MOSUL, IRAQ (Apr. 27, 2004) – Soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), detained two people, destroyed two improvised explosive devices and collected a variety of weapons and munitions Monday in Northern Iraq.

Soldiers 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment detained two people hiding in a house after the suspects attacked the patrol with small arms fire. During a search of the residence, one rocket propelled grenade and one hand grenade was discovered. No Coalition Soldiers were injured during the attack.

Members of the Coalition for Iraqi Unity, a concerned group of citizens in northwestern Iraq, approached a soldiers of 1st Squadron, 14th Calvary west of Tall Afar near the Syrian border and turned in a large cache of weapons consisting of 88 100mm mortar rounds, 75 135mm artillery rounds, 23 115mm artillery rounds, 10 150mm artillery rounds, nine 90mm mortar rounds and 343 14.5mm rounds.

Soldiers from the 293rd Military Police Company discovered an IED at an intersection in the neighborhood of Al Andulus that consisted of a 60mm mortar round placed next to a light pole. The IED was destroyed and no injuries were reported.

The same unit discovered a small weapons cache that consisted of three mortar rounds and a rocket partially buried northwest of Tahreer neighborhood. The cache was safely removed.

The Iraqi Police Service discovered an IED consisting of two 122mm artillery rounds emplaced near the on-ramp of an expressway between the neighborhoods of Al Muthana and Al Baladia. The rounds were destroyed and no injuries were reported.

Soldiers from 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment discovered a large cache of weapons east of Mosul that consisted of 48 RPG rounds, eight 82mm mortar rounds, one 155mm artillery round and one rocket.

As of today, there are 66 days until the transfer of Iraqi’s sovereignty to the Iraqi people. Let’s continue to work together to show Iraq’s progress toward democracy and to demonstrate to the rest of the world that Mosul is different.


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