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Offensive operations continue to suppress terror in Iraq

Sep- 3-2005 » Filed Under: 1/25 SBCT

(TFF Press Release)

MOSUL, IRAQ (September 3, 2005) – Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-National Forces from Task Force Freedom detained 21 suspected terrorists and seized a weapons cache today.

Iraqi Army Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Division detained an individual suspected of terrorist activity in Rawah. Iraqi Police detained 20 individuals suspected of terrorist activity after being engaged with small arms fire from a vehicle in Mosul.

Iraqi Police along with soldiers from 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment seized one hundred blasting caps during a cordon and search in Mosul. Soldiers from 1-24 Infantry also seized mortars, multiple rounds of ammunition, a box of fuses, and a mine in Mosul today. The cache was confiscated for future destruction.
Soldiers from 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment seized a cache consisting of numerous rounds of ammunition and AK-47’s in Rawah today.

Security forces continue on the offensive to suppress terror operations. Coordinated efforts of Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-National Forces from Task Force Freedom are leading to the arrest of terrorists and criminals responsible for attacks against innocent Iraqi citizens.

Anyone with information on anti-Iraqi insurgent activities should call the Joint Coordination Center’s telephone numbers at 513462 or 07701623300.


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