U.S., Iraqi Forces Thwart Terrorist Attacks In Mosul

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2006 - Iraqi security forces teamed up with American GIs to defeat two nearly simultaneously launched enemy attacks in the Mosul area Oct. 12.

U.S. soldiers from Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, attacked and destroyed a terrorist mortar cell after Forward Operating Base Marez received indirect fire.

Two terrorists were killed, one wounded and one detained in the attack. The GIs also found a significant weapons cache in the area that contained three 82 mm mortar tubes with 18 mortar rounds and a 120 mm mortar tube with multiple mortar rounds.

U.S. soldiers saw terrorists flee to a nearby building during the firefight. The building was encircled, and then 2nd Battalion, 4th Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division, soldiers launched an assault, killing two terrorists inside and capturing three.

Around this time in western Mosul, Iraqi troops teamed with U.S. soldiers from 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Battalion, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, to defeat a complex terrorist attack involving small-arms and rocket-propelled-grenade fire.

During the fighting, Iraqi police and soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division, captured several mobile weapons caches and killed and detained numerous terrorists. One Iraqi soldier and four Iraqi police were wounded in the fighting.

Iraqi police in Mosul reported they detained 39 suspected terrorists, wounded two terrorists and killed eight terrorists after the Oct. 12 firefight. The police also captured several small-arms weapons caches, 10 vehicles suspected of being used for terrorist activity and one large truck with weapons.

Twelve coalition forces soldiers were wounded in the initial mortar attack on Forward Operating Base Marez East. Four soldiers were treated and returned to duty, five were not seriously wounded and three were seriously wounded. Their names are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

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Iraqis, GIs Find Bombs, Big Weapons Cache In Western Ramadi

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2006 - U.S. soldiers detained 15 suspected insurgents, discovered two vehicles being fitted as suicide bombs, and found a big weapons cache Oct. 12 as part of "Operation Dealer" conducted in the Tameen area in western Ramadi, Iraq.

Based on a tip from a local resident, soldiers from Task Force 1-35 detained 15 individuals who were identified as suspected terrorists.

"This is a great example of the cooperation and support of the local residents in the task to rid their neighborhood of anti-Iraqi fighters," said Capt. Matt Graham, commander, Bravo Company, 2-6 Infantry, one of the units in the U.S. and Iraqi task force conducting Operation Dealer.

The task force captured two stripped-down vehicles in the process of being converted to suicide bombs. Four suspects were detained in connection with the operation.

The large weapons cache the task force discovered consisted of four rocket-propelled-grenade launchers, 34 155 mm artillery shells, 13 60 mm mortar rounds, eight AK-47s, a PKC machine gun, a Dragonov sniper rifle with scope, three pounds of high explosives, 400 pounds of detonation cord, 48 blasting caps, eight radio controlled IED initiators, four pressure activated IED initiators and more than 600 rounds of small-arms ammunition. Several smaller caches and additional munitions were found during the course of Operation Dealer.

Operation Dealer involved Iraqi army, Iraqi police, and coalition units. The Iraqi police assisted by establishing vehicle check points at critical intersections and searched vehicles to deny insurgent forces the ability to evade the combined Iraqi and coalition force operation.

The 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army Division, with elements of 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army Division, conducted house-to-house searches to help establish a new combat outpost.

"This was truly a joint operation. I had U.S. Army soldiers, Marines and airmen alongside Iraqi army and Iraqi police units," said Lt. Col. Tony Deane, Task Force 1-35 commander. "It shows what great effects can occur when each of these units bring their special capabilities to the fight. Each unit did what it does best, and the results speak for themselves."

Iraqi security and coalition forces experienced a great deal of enemy resistance in the Tameen area, said Col. Sean MacFarland, commander of 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division. Operation Dealer was launched to establish a combat outpost in the contested area, he said.

"Local residents were cooperative, and individuals who were displaced in the establishment of the new combat outpost received immediate initial compensation and will be provided full compensation through the civil-military operation center," MacFarland noted.

(Compiled from Multinational Division Iraq and Multinational Force Iraq news releases.)
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U.S., Iraqi Troops Kill, Detain Terrorists, Nab Weapons

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2006 - Iraqi security forces and Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers worked together to kill three terrorists and detain 14 suspected terrorists over two days this week.

U.S. soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, seized a large weapons and munitions cache while conducting a combat patrol west of Baghdad Oct. 11.

The soldiers seized 5,000 13.5 mm armor-piercing rounds, 130 82 mm mortar rounds, four 120 mm mortar rounds, 30 60 mm mortar rounds, five rockets, 28 RPG rounds, five 40 mm high-explosive rounds, 13 grenades, five RPG launchers, five rifles and various bomb-making materials.

An explosive ordnance disposal team performed a controlled detonation of the weapons and munitions.

And, a combined U.S.-Iraqi patrol consisting of U.S. soldiers from the 463rd Military Police Company, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, and Iraqi policemen engaged an unknown number of terrorists during a firefight in Saab al Bour, north of Baghdad, on Oct. 11. Two suspected terrorists were detained. Iraqi soldiers from 2nd Tank Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division, identified the two in custody as the same men who had fired at them on previous days.

Meanwhile, a separate U.S. patrol from 1st BCT observed eight local nationals acting suspiciously and detained them near Boob al Sham, north of Baghdad on Oct. 11. The GIs requested assistance from Company C, 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st BCT, 4th Infantry Division.

The reinforcements arrived to assist the first patrol and to maintain custody of the detainees. The second patrol returned to their base to question the detainees. All were released except for an Iranian fighter.

And, a combined U.S.-Iraqi patrol from 2nd Tank Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division, and 463rd Military Police Company, attached to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, killed three terrorists and detained one during a firefight in Saab al Bour on Oct. 10.

After receiving small-arms fire, the patrol engaged the terrorists, killing one and wounding several others. The patrol then called for aviation support and continued to press the fight against the enemy forces. U.S. Army AH-64D Apache attack helicopters from 1st Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment, Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, responded and engaged two terrorists in an open field.

In a separate incident, U.S. soldiers from 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, detained a terrorist cell leader and three of his associates in Adhamiyah Oct. 10.

And U.S. soldiers seized a large munitions cache while conducting a combat patrol northwest of Baghdad, Oct. 10.

The soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, seized 123 rocket-propelled grenade rounds, seven 120 mm mortar rounds, five 20 mm mortar rounds, 41 illumination rounds, a RPG launcher, four boxes of .50-caliber ammunition and various bomb-making materials.

An explosive ordnance disposal team performed a controlled detonation of the munitions.

As of Oct. 11, Iraqi forces and U.S. soldiers had cleared more than 95,000 buildings, 80 mosques and 65 muhallas, detained more than 210 terrorist suspects, seized more than 1,700 weapons, registered more than 750 weapons and found more than 41 weapons caches in support of Operation Together Forward. The combined forces have removed more than 206,393 cubic meters of trash from Baghdad streets.

(Compiled from Multinational Division Baghdad news releases.)
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'Operation Commando Hunter' Team Finds 75 Weapons Caches

By Staff Sgt. Angela McKinzie, USA
Special to American Forces Press Service

BAGHDAD, Oct. 15, 2006 - U.S. soldiers continue to find multiple weapons caches, some with improvised explosive devices, for a seventh day as part of Operation Commando Hunter.

The soldiers from 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, seized 21 caches Oct. 13, bringing the total to 78 caches seized in the area located near Yusufiyah, 20 miles southwest of Baghdad.

The 21 additional weapons caches consisted of three blocks of dynamite, 21 120 mm mortar rounds, five 60 mm mortar rounds, 80 7.62 mm rounds, an AK-47 assault rifle, three rocket-propelled grenade launchers, five RPG rounds, an improvised rocket launcher, a Meals, Ready to Eat bag with explosive materials in it, 54 20 mm anti-aircraft rounds, three 105 mm artillery rounds, seven 82 mm mortar rounds, an improvised-explosive device air compressor, a sniper rifle, four 82 mm mortar tubes, a 14.5 mm receiver barrel, 17 rigged and ready-to-use IEDs, an anti-aircraft gun and various bomb-making materials.

On Oct. 11, Operation Commando Hunter soldiers from 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, seized 12 caches near Yusufiyah, 20 miles to the southwest of Baghdad.

Those 12 weapons caches consisted of two anti-aircraft guns, 35 60 mm mortar rounds, two 500-pound aircraft bombs in shipping crates, 57 82 mm mortar rounds, two Dragonov sniper rifle scopes, 200 Dragonov sniper rounds, two rocket-propelled grenade launchers, eight RPG rounds, two 60 mm mortar tubes, a 120 mm mortar tube, three 120 mm mortar rounds, 42 home-made hand grenades and various bomb-making materials.

Operation Commando Hunter is a 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, operation intended to deny terrorists sanctuary near Yusufiyah, south of Baghdad.

(Army Staff Sgt. Angela McKinzie is assigned to 2nd Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs, 10th Mountain Division.)
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GIs, Iraqi Troops Nab Terrorists, Weapons in Multiple Raids

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2006 - Special Iraqi security forces and U.S. soldiers captured several terrorists involved in murders and bomb attacks, as well as contraband weapons, during recent raids in Baghdad and Taji.

Iraqi forces, with coalition advisors, conducted an Oct. 14 air assault mission at a site in Taji and detained one suspect without incident. The suspect allegedly belongs to a terror cell that is kidnapping and murdering innocent Iraqis, conducting improvised explosive device attacks, and has ties to al Qaeda in Iraq insurgent forces.

Iraqi forces caused no significant damage and there were no civilian, Iraqi forces or coalition forces casualties during the operation.

The raid was conducted as part of Operation Together Forward to dismantle a terror cell in the Taji area. The operation highlights the ability of Iraqi forces to carry out wide-ranging missions against insurgent forces.

Iraqi and U.S. soldiers seized a weapons cache Oct. 13, and detained 11 suspected terrorists Oct. 12, during separate raids in Baghdad.

In a separate Oct. 13 incident, U.S. soldiers from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, received a tip from a detainee that a house in Saab al Bour, northwest of Baghdad, contained illegal weapons. After further exploration, the soldiers discovered 13 120 mm mortar rounds and various bomb-making materials. An explosive ordnance disposal team destroyed the munitions.

Also, a patrol from 2nd Tank Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division, partnering with 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, found a murdered Iraqi citizen and detained five suspects in Saab al Bour on Oct. 12.

In a separate Oct. 12 incident in Saab al Bour, a patrol from 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st BCT, 4th Infantry Division, reacted to a small-arms fire attack, returned fire and detained two suspected terrorists, .

In another incident Oct. 12, an Estonian Infantry Platoon patrol attached to Troop B, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, returned fire when terrorists attacked them, wounding two terrorists and detaining two others. The Estonians seized a rocket-propelled grenade launcher from the terrorists.

Meanwhile, Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 506th Regimental Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, detained two known terrorists, one of whom had three complete improvised explosive devices in his possession, while conducting combat operations in Baghdad's Doura district Oct. 12.

The suspects were detained for questioning.

(Compiled from Multinational Corps Iraq and Multinational Division Baghdad news releases.)
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Servicemembers Killed in Iraq; Previous Casualties Identified

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2006 - Five soldiers, a Marine and an airman were killed in various operations in Iraq Oct. 12 through yesterday, and the Defense Department released the identities of 10 soldiers and 10 Marines killed recently supporting Operation Iraq Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom.

-- Three Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers were killed yesterday when an improvised explosive device struck the vehicle they were riding in south of Baghdad.

-- A Marine assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5 died yesterday from injuries suffered due to enemy action while operating in Iraq's Anbar province.

-- An airman assigned to the 732nd Expeditionary Mission Support Group, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing, was killed yesterday while performing duties as a turret gunner with the Iraqi police near Baghdad.

-- A Multinational Division Baghdad soldier died Oct. 13 from wounds he suffered southwest of Baghdad when an improvised explosive struck the vehicle he was riding in.

-- A Task Force Lightning soldier from the 105th Engineer Group was killed Oct. 12 as the result of an improvised explosive device while conducting vehicle operations in northern Iraq.

The servicemembers' names are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

Meanwhile, DoD released the identities of 10 soldiers and 10 Marines who were killed in action or later died of wounds in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom.

-- Army Spc. Jason A. Lucas, 24, of Columbus, Ohio, died Oct. 13 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, from injuries suffered when a suicide bomber attacked his vehicle. Lucas was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Polk, La.

-- Army Pvt. 1st Class Thomas J. Hewitt, 22, of Temple, Texas, died Oct. 13 at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., from injuries suffered during a Sept. 26 incident in Baghdad, during which an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Hewitt was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.

-- Army Sgt. Gene A. Hawkins, 24, of Orlando, Fla., died Oct. 12 in Mosul, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his RG-31 mine-protected vehicle. Hawkins was assigned to the 14th Engineer Battalion, 555th Combat Support Brigade (Maneuver Enhancement), Fort Lewis, Wash.

-- Army Capt. Shane T. Adcock, 27, of Mechanicsville, Va., died Oct. 11 in Hawijah, Iraq, from enemy grenade fire. Adcock was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

-- Army Chief Warrant Officer Scott W. Dyer, 38, of Cocoa Beach, Fla., died Oct. 11 in Banditemur, Afghanistan, from injuries suffered during combat operations. Dyer was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.

-- Marine Sgt. Justin T. Walsh, 24, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, died Oct. 11 at National Naval Medical Center Bethesda, Md., from wounds suffered while conducting combat operations in Anbar province on Oct. 5. He was assigned to 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

-- Army Pfc. Phillip B. Williams, 21, of Gardnerville, Nev., died Oct. 9 in Baghdad from injuries suffered during combat operations. Williams was assigned to the 4th Brigade Troop Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

-- Marine Sgt. Julian M. Arechaga, 23, of Oceanside, N.Y.; Marine Lance Cpl. Jon E. Bowman, 21, of Dubach, La.; and Marine Pfc. Shelby J. Feniello, 25, of Connellsville, Pa., died Oct. 9 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Anbar province, Iraq. They were assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

-- Army Spc. Timothy A. Fulkerson, 20, of Utica, Ky., died Oct. 8 in Tikrit, Iraq, when a land mine detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. Fulkerson was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 82nd Aviation Reconnaissance Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

-- Marine Capt. Robert M. Secher, 33, of Germantown, Tenn., died Oct. 8 from wounds suffered while conducting combat operations in Anbar province. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan.

-- Marine Lance Cpl. Stephen F. Johnson, 20, of Marietta, Ga., died Oct. 8 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

-- Marine Lance Cpl. Derek W. Jones, 21, of Salem, Ore., and Marine Lance Cpl. Jeremy S. Sandvick Monroe, 20, of Chinook, Mont., died Oct. 8 from wounds suffered during combat operations in Anbar province. They were assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.

-- Army Staff Sgt. Lawrence L. Parrish, 36, of Lebanon, Mo., who was assigned to the 110th Engineer Battalion, Kansas City, Mo.; and Army Spec. John E. Wood, 37, of Humboldt, Kan., who was assigned to the 891st Engineer Battalion, Garnett, Kan., died Oct. 7 in Baghdad from injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle during combat operations.

-- Army Sgt. Brandon S. Asbury, 21, of Tazewell, Va., died Oct. 7 in Baghdad from injuries suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small-arms fire. Asbury was assigned to the 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

-- Marine Cpl. Bradford H. Payne, 24, of Montgomery, Ala., and Marine Lance Cpl. John E. Hale, 20, of Shreveport, La., died Oct. 6 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province. They were assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

(Compiled from Multinational Corps Iraq, U.S. Central Command Air Forces and Defense Department news releases.)
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