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| May 3, 2004 Release Number: 04-05-02 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TF OLYMPIA EOD DISARMS LARGE IED NEAR MOSUL MOSUL, Iraq - Task Force Olympia contract security forces discovered a "daisy chain" of more than 10 live mortar and artillery rounds near Mosul on Saturday. Numerous inert mortar and artillery shells were also found in the same area. A contract security company working for Task Force Olympia in Mosul originally found a 155mm artillery shell and contacted an explosive ordnance disposal team. When EOD arrived on site, they discovered the chain of explosives. EOD requested closure of the highway, Highway 1, a main thoroughfare between Baghdad and Mosul while they cleared the explosives. Innocent Iraqi citizens are often killed or wounded by IEDs placed by insurgent forces along main highways. -30- |
