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Coalition detains three, destroys IED

May- 1-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

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

MOSUL, IRAQ (May 1, 2004) –Soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), detained three people wanted for anti-Coalition activities and destroyed an improvised explosive device Friday in Northern Iraq.

Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 14th Calvary Regiment detained two people 20 kilometers north of Sinjar for attempting to smuggle benzene from Syria into Iraq. The benzene was confiscated and the two men are in custody.

One terrorist is dead, one is wounded and one is missing after the three anti-Coalition forces attempted to deploy a 57mm rocket which accidentally exploded during its deployment in the neighborhood of Al Wahda. The wounded terrorist was detained at a local hospital and the missing terrorist was never located after he took refuge in a mosque. No civilians, Iraqi Security Forces or Coalition forces were injured when the rocket exploded.

Soldiers from the 293rd Military Police Company reported that a patrol from the Iraqi Protective Services discovered an IED consisting of two 155mm artillery rounds near an on-ramp to an expressway in the neighborhood of Al Muthana. Both rounds were destroyed and no injuries were reported.

As of today, there are 62 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.

Task Force Olympia continues to work with the citizens and leaders of Iraq to make it a safe, prosperous, and democratic nation. Anyone with information about criminal or terrorist activities should inform the Iraqi Police, Coalition forces, or call the Tips Hotline 813-343 or 780-013. To turn in weapons or munitions, contact any Coalition soldier or call the Hotline (813-343) to arrange turn-in.


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