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Task Force detains three, destroys boat

Apr-30-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

[Link to TFO Press Release]
by Sgt. Joseph Sanchez

MOSUL, Iraq (April 30, 2004) – Over the past 48 hours soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) collected munitions, detained one person suspected of an attack on a school in Tal Afar, detained two others attempting to gain illegal entry into Iraq and destroyed a boat carrying weapons.

Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment in Tal Afar reported that six indirect fire rounds impacted in the local school early this morning. A patrol searched the possible point of origin and detained one individual for questioning.

North of Sinjar, soldiers from 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment detained two individuals attempting to cross into Iraq from Syria. They were turned over to the Iraqi Border Patrol.

Near Qarrayah, soldiers of 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment reported a boat in the Tigris River suspected of carrying weapons late Wednesday evening. After it reached an island and the occupants dismounted, a special weapons team identified weapons in the boat and sank it. A search of the island the following morning found nothing.

As part of ongoing weapons collection efforts, members of the Coalition for Iraqi Unity approached 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment near Rabiyah and turned in 29 37mm rounds, 29 100mm rounds, 29 90mm rounds, 12 120mm rounds and one 150mm round.


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