Anchorage, Alaska - Alaska Army troops are keeping busy in Iraq.
Elements of Fort Wainwright's 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team recently cleared 11 Iraqi towns of insurgents, according to a U.S. Army spokesperson. From Nov. 18 to 22, in fighting along the western Iraq border with Syria, Alaska troops captured 96 suspected insurants. According to the Alaska unit's commander, many of those captured in the sweep tested positive for TNT and other chemicals used in explosives. [...]
