MOSUL, IRAQ (August 12, 2004) – An improvised explosive device was found on the evening of August 11 on an abandoned pipeline 30 km south of Mosul.
Soldiers from the Stryker Brigade Combat Team secured the area until the Iraqi Police arrived. Members of the Iraqi Police explosive ordnance disposal team defused the bomb this morning.
No injuries or damaged were reported.
Local citizens are urged to report any unexploded ordnance they find, and to cooperate with security force by providing information that leads to the capture and arrest of anti-Iraqi forces. Anyone with information should call the Joint Coordination Center in Mosul at 125 or 513462.
Iraqi Police assist in defusing bomb on pipeline
(TFO Press Release)
MOSUL, IRAQ (August 12, 2004) – An improvised explosive device was found on the evening of August 11 on an abandoned pipeline 30 km south of Mosul.
Soldiers from the Stryker Brigade Combat Team secured the area until the Iraqi Police arrived. Members of the Iraqi Police explosive ordnance disposal team defused the bomb this morning.
No injuries or damaged were reported.
Local citizens are urged to report any unexploded ordnance they find, and to cooperate with security force by providing information that leads to the capture and arrest of anti-Iraqi forces. Anyone with information should call the Joint Coordination Center in Mosul at 125 or 513462.
