Stryker Brigade News

Soldiers from 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment detained 17 individuals suspected of terrorist activity during five operations in Tal Afar Sep. 26-29. Suspects are in custody with no MNF injuries reported.

Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment confiscated a very large sum of money, a rifle, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition during a cordon and search operation in Tal Afar Sep. 28. During a raid in Tal Afar Sep. 30, soldiers from 2/325 Airborne also detained five individuals suspected of being connected to the suicide bombing in Tal Afar Sep. 28.

Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment detained six individuals suspected of terrorist activity during a cordon and search operation in northern Mosul Sep.28. Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment detained two individuals suspected of terrorist activities and confiscated pistols and a large sum of money during operations south of Mosul Sep. 27. Soldiers from 4/23 Infantry also detained two individuals suspected of terrorist activities during operations in southern Mosul Sep. 29. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment detained one individual suspected of terrorist activity during a cordon and search operation in western Mosul Sep. 28. Soldiers from 1/17 Infantry also killed two terrorists attempting to detonate a vehicle-born explosive device on a Coalition convoy in western Mosul Sep. 29. Explosives were destroyed with no MNF injuries reported. During multiple operations in western and central Mosul on Sep. 30 soldiers from 1/17 Infantry detained eight individuals suspected of terrorist activities and confiscated AK-47s, a machine gun and a pistol. Soldiers from 172nd Brigade Support Battalion detained one individual suspected of terrorist activity at Forward Operating Base Marez in southern Mosul Sep. 29.

Soldiers from the 65th Military Police Company detained two terrorists during operations in eastern Mosul Sep. 29.

Soldiers from 52nd Infantry uncovered a weapons cache during a search operation in the city of Buwayr, south of Mosul Sep. 28. The weapons were confiscated for future destruction.

Iraqi Security forces supported by Multi-National forces continue successful operations aimed at capturing or killing terrorists in an effort to provide safety and security to the citizens of the region.