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Coalition kills one, detains three

May- 5-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

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

MOSUL, IRAQ (May 5, 2004) – Soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), killed one anti-Coalition terroriest and detained three people wanted for anti-Coalition activities and collected a variety of weapons and munitions Tuesday in Northern Iraq.

During the afternoon of May 4, Coalition soldiers in a 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment convoy in the northeast Mosul neighborhood of Al Hadba were attacked by an improvised explosive device. No Coalition soldiers were hurt in the IED explosion. As the patrol secured the area, they were attacked by small arms fire from an insurgent who ran into an abandoned building after Coalition forces returned fire in his direction. When soldiers pursued the man into the abandoned building, he jumped from the third story roof breaking his leg as he landed. Soldiers tired to detain him but the individual attempted to stab a Soldier with a knife resulting in his death when soldiers killed him in self-defense. No Coalition soldiers were injured during the confrontation.

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment conducted cordon and search operations in Hammam Al Alil and detained three people wanted for planning and conducting anti-Coalition activities. The suspects were taken into custody and no Coalition Soldiers were injured during the search operations.

The same unit discovered a cache of weapons north of Mosul airfield that consisted of six 82mm mortar tubes, 24 82mm rounds, 81 60mm rounds, 11 hand grenades and six blasting caps. The munitions were secured and confiscated.

Members of the Coalition for Iraqi Unity, a concerned group of citizens in northwestern Iraq, approached soldiers of 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry west of Tall Afar near the Syrian border and turned in a large cache of weapons consisting of 136 100mm tank rounds, four 105mm tank rounds, two 90mm tank rounds, nine 120mm mortar rounds, one 130mm artillery round, one 125mm tank round and one 152mm artillery round.

As of today, there are 58 days until the transfer of Iraqi’s sovereignty to the Iraqi people. Let us 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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