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Raid Captures Insurgent

Sep- 6-2006 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

Written by Spc Yolanda Moreno Leon, 138th MPAD

MOSUL, Iraq (August 28, 2006) –Soldiers of 3rd Battalion, 4th Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division in conjunction with Soldiers of Co. C, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division conducted a joint raid in the villages of Al Mochat and Sayid Hamid, Mosul, Iraq. The search was named Operation Scorpion Hunt.

The IA conducted a house to house search looking for known insurgents that have targeted Iraqi Security Forces and Coalition Forces. The purpose was to disrupt anti-Iraqi-force activity and operations in the Mosul area.

“We were there to assist the IA in capturing and detain some key personnel,” said First Sgt. Viriato Ferrera, Co. C, 2nd Bn, 3rd Inf. Rgt., 3rd SBCT, 2nd Inf. Div., and native of King City, Calif.. ”For this Scorpion Hunt we had Soldiers of the 549th Military Police, a dog handler, and Civil Affairs”

According to Ferrera, the IA planned and executed the operation with support from U.S. forces. The IA found one person that was wanted in the Sayid Hamid neighborhood.

“The insurgent was recognized by an IA Soldier,” said Ferrera. “They did an excellent job preparing for and executing this mission.”

“The mission went very well,” said Capt. Brent Clemmer, commander Co. C, 2nd Bn, 3rd Inf. Rgt., 3rd SBCT, 2nd Inf. Div. “It would have been nice to catch more bad guys, we did capture one and we received confirmation from an Iraqi police major that he was a wanted AIF.”


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