Thursday, July 27, 2006

Direct From CENTCOM

Here are LINKS to the latest news releases from CENTCOM. I'm sure all of this will be on the TV later tonight...don't hold your breath.

NEWS RELEASE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101

MND-B SOLDIERS DETAIN TERRORISTS, FIND WEAPONS CACHES & ROADSIDE BOMBS IN BABIL
BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad’s 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, captured five wanted terrorists and seized four weapons caches during a counter-insurgency mission which began at approximately 2 a.m. Monday and continued through approximately 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in Sayifiyah, a city in Babil province.

Overall, the caches consisted of: a large caliber machine gun, a coax machinegun, an Iraqi MK-19 grenade launcher, an Iraqi .50-caliber machine gun, a rocket propelled grenade launcher, a 125mm and an 80mm projectile, 14 120mm mortar rounds, seven 80mm mortar rounds, 16 60mm mortar rounds, 50 25mm rounds, 16 22mm projectiles, 200 rounds of .50-caliber ammunition and two additional duffel bags full of .50-caliber ammunition, a box of miscellaneous ammunition, a variety of 12 grenades, an unknown amount of ammunition for the co-ax machine gun, and an unknown number of miscellaneous mortar rounds.

The caches also included a duffel bag full of miscellaneous bomb-making making materials, a duffle bag full of mortar fuses, a duffel bag full of detonation cord, and a wide variety of additional bomb-making material.

During the operations, Soldiers also disabled an improvised-explosive device and identified a vehicle-borne improvised-explosive device, which was destroyed by an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team.

The suspected terrorists were detained for questioning. No injuries were reported during the two-day mission.


IRAQI FORCES DIVERT MISSION TO AID CITIZEN IN DISTRESS

MND-B PATROL CAPTURES 6 DETAINEES, UNEARTHS WEAPONS CACHE
Soldiers from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, noticed a suspicious burial site while conducting a dismounted combat patrol at approximately 2:15 p.m.
The Soldiers cordoned off the area and unearthed 14 120mm and 12 60mm mortar rounds, a box of miscellaneous ammunition, two mortar sites and other bomb-making materials.

The weapons cache was destroy in a controlled detonation by an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team

IPs, MND-B SOLDIERS SEIZE WEAPONS, DETAIN SUSPECTS

IA, MND-B SOLDIERS CAPTURE WEAPONS, MUNITIONS, 5 DETAINEES

1ST BCT SOLDIERS SEIZE WEAPONS, MUNITIONS
CAMP TAJI, Iraq – Patrols from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division found weapons and munitions at sites north and west of Baghdad Monday night and Tuesday.

A patrol from 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, seized 1,000 7.62mm rounds, 800 PKC rounds, a 155mm artillery round, a German sniper rifle, a 9mm pistol, an AK-47 assault rifle and various bomb-making materials after responding to a tip west of Baghdad at approximately 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Another patrol from 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., seized various ammunition, consisting of 400 7.62mm rounds of ammunition, 12 AK-47 magazines with ammunition and 53 shotgun shells at approximately 11:30 p.m. Monday west of Baghdad.



COALITION FORCES CAPTURE TERRORIST AND ASSOCIATE NORTH OF TIKRIT

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