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ISF & MNF detain 11, Iraqi police thwart roadside bomb

Aug-20-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

(TFO Press Release)

MOSUL, IRAQ (August 20, 2004) – Iraqi Security Forces and soldiers from the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) detained 11 individuals suspected of anti-Iraqi activities from several operations and Iraqi police prevented a roadside bomb attack.

Soldiers from the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment detained three individuals after conducting two cordon and search operations yesterday in Tal Afar in an attempt to capture suspected anti-Iraqi facilitators. The first search resulted in the detainment of two individuals and over $10,000 in US and Iraqi currency was confiscated. Multinational Forces detained a third individual during the second search operation after the person displayed threatening behavior. All of the suspects remain in custody.

Mosul police stopped a terrorist plot after they located a roadside bomb in the Mosul’s Ninevah Gubat Area yesterday. Police officers secured the scene until an Iraqi Explosive Ordnance Disposal team arrived and reduced the device. No officers were injured during the operation.

Soldiers from the 106th Iraqi National Guard Battalion detained five individuals after gunmen attacked Multinational Forces yesterday in Al Uraba neighborhood of Mosul. Iraqi national guardsmen, along with soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 14th Cavalry Regiment, conducted a hasty cordon and search operation in the area the small arms fire originated from and detained five individuals for questioning. The suspected gunmen remain in custody with Iraqi Security Forces and no soldiers were injured during the incident.

Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment conducted two cordon and knock operations in the Mosul neighborhood of Al Karama today to locate suspects responsible for attacks against Multinational Forces and recruiting anti-Iraqi forces members. One suspect was identified and detained along with two other individuals. All three persons remain in custody.

Local citizens are urged to cooperate with security forces 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.


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