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ING, MNF conduct searches, detain eight

Aug-23-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

(TFO Press Release)

MOSUL, IRAQ (August 23, 2004) – Iraqi Security Forces and Multinational Forces from the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) conducted several operations in northern Iraq Sunday resulting in the capture of eight suspected anti-Iraqi forces members.

Soldiers of the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment detained four subjects while conducting a cordon and search operation in Tal Afar in an attempt to capture a terrorist cell leader. Multinational Forces detained four individuals suspected of anti-Iraqi forces activity, though the cell leader was not among those detained. The detainees remain in custody.

After a civilian truck driver reported being attacked by small arms fire, Multinational Forces from the 5th Bn., 20th Inf. Reg. assembled a traffic control point west of Tal Afar to locate the suspects. Two subjects were detained after the Soldiers stopped a vehicle and found two AK-47s with magazines in the vehicle. The suspects remain in custody.

Soldiers of the 106th Iraqi National Guard Battalion conducted a cordon and search operation near the Mosul neighborhood of Al Arabe. Iraqi National Guardsmen performed the search to capture a member of a terrorist cell. The subject was detained and remains in the custody.

Multinational Forces from the 1st Battalion, 14th Cavalry Regiment detained a subject near the Wade Hajar neighborhood in Mosul while conducting a cordon and search for an anti-Iraqi forces member. The individual was detained and remains in custody.

Today, Iraqi National Guardsmen from the 106th Bn. conducted cordon and search operations in northern Mosul in an attempt to locate members of anti-Iraqi forces cells. The soldiers confiscated an RPG, various roadside bomb materials and an unknown amount of ammunition, though no suspects were detained.

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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