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| February 9, 2004 Release Number: 04-02-14 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE STRYKER BRIGADE DETAINS SUSPECTS, COLLECTS WEAPONS MOSUL, Iraq - Soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) under the operational control of Task Force Olympia detained personnel suspected of anti-Coalition activities and recovered weapons and other explosives in northern Iraq Sunday. One person suspected of anti-Coalition activities turned himself in to 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment headquarters in Mosul. Members of the Coalition for Iraqi Unity, a concerned group of citizens in northwestern Iraq, came to the 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment and turned in 750 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition, 1,000 rounds of 14.5 mm ammunition, one hand grenade and one set of binoculars. A cache of weapons, consisting of one rocket-propelled grenade, 84 shotgun shells, one bag of propellant and a 10-pound stick of propellant was brought to a forward operating back in southern Mosul. Task Force Olympia continues to work with the citizens and leaders of Iraq to make it a safe, prosperous, and democratic nation. -30- |
