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Coalition detains two, collects three large weapons caches

May- 3-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

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MOSUL, IRAQ (May 3, 2004) – Soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), detained two people wanted for anti-Coalition activities and collected a large variety of weapons and munitions Sunday in Northern Iraq.

Coalition forces conducted a cordon and search in the AL Amel neighborhood in Mosul and detained two people suspected of planning and conducting anti-Coalition activities. No Coalition injuries were reported during the search.

Members of the Coalition for Iraqi Unity, a concerned group of citizens in northwestern Iraq, approached soldiers of 1st Squadron, 14th Calvary west of Tall Afar near the Syrian border and turned in a large cache of weapons consisting of 339 100mm tank rounds, 102 hand grenades and four 152mm artillery rounds.

A citizen approached soldiers from the same unit in Tall Afar and turned in a large cache of weapons consisting of 202 60mm mortar rounds and 175 mortar fuses.

The explosive ordinance disposal team in Tall Afar discovered a cache of weapons west of Tall Afar that consisted of 47 mortar rounds varying from 60mm to 120mm. The rounds were secured and later destroyed.

As of today, there are 60 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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