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Iraqi Army battalion assumes battle space responsibility

Jan-30-2006 » Filed Under: 172nd SBCT

(TF BoB Press Release)

TIKRIT, Iraq – The 1st Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division is the latest Iraqi unit to gain control of its own battle space.

The unit commander, Brig. Gen. Ali Mullah, accepted the responsibility of protecting the area, south of Mosul, during a transfer of authority ceremony with a unit from the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team Saturday and said, “The terrorists are taking their last breaths and the end is near…there is no place for them [to hide].”

When asked if his troops could maintain security from Qayyrah to the Mosul-Baghdad highway, Ali said, “My Soldiers and I will ensure that security and stability are maintained.”

The unit’s area, approximately 150 square kilometers, is west of the Tigris River east of the Mosul-Baghdad highway and between the villages of Aitha in the south and Munirah in the north.

The battalion grew out of an Iraqi Civil Defense Corps company and now has more than 800 trained and ready soldiers.

It was certified ready to assume the frontline in the counter-insurgency fight after conducting more than two dozen major battalion-level missions.

The unit has trained hard and fought harder to earn its right to stand alone. Thirteen of the unit’s soldiers have given their lives in defense of their country. [...]


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