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Tips lead to IEDs, bombing suspects

Jan- 2-2006 » Filed Under: TF Band of Brothers

Task Force Band of Brothers Press Release

TIKRIT, Iraq – Tips from local residents led to the discovery and disarming of four IEDs and the capture of five suspected terrorists Sunday in northern Iraq.

The first report was received by the 101st Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team early Sunday morning. A tip led a 1st BCT patrol to an area near Kirkuk where they discovered two IEDs.

One group of Soldiers secured the area to wait for an explosive ordnance disposal team while the tipster led the rest of the patrol to a nearby location where they detained five suspects believed to be involved with emplacing the IEDs.

A tip to the Joint Coordination Center in Mosul resulted in the discovery of two more IEDs near a busy intersection in the city by Soldiers from the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team.

One of the IEDs detonated while the unit was securing the area, slightly wounding one Soldier. The second IED was safely disarmed and two 120mm mortar rounds were removed by an EOD team.

Tips from concerned citizens have helped Iraqi and U.S. forces discover numerous bombs and weapons caches throughout the area.


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