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January 9, 2004
Release Number: 04-01-19
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
101ST CAPTURES SIX ANTI-COALITION SUSPECTS
MOSUL, Iraq - During pre-dawn raids in northern Iraq Jan. 8 soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) captured six people suspected of anti-Coalition activities.
An element of the division's 1st Brigade Combat Team (BCT) detained five individuals in Ash Shura for attacks on Coalition Forces. The individuals were also connected to making improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The element confiscated an AK-47 rifle and electrical components that could be used for making IEDs.
In Mosul, 3rd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment detained a man wanted for the sale of two Samoud missiles during a joint cordon-and-knock operation with Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) soldiers.
The 101st continues to work with the citizens and leaders of Iraq to make it a safe, prosperous, and democratic nation.
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