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HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
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February 29, 2004
Release Number: 04-02-54
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Task Force Olympia detains three 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 anticoalition activities
and recovered weapons and other explosives in northern
Iraq Saturday.
Soldiers from 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment
conducted a cordon-and-search operation in Hammam
Al Alil and detained one person suspected of selling
weapons and participating in attacks on Iraqi police.
During the operation an enemy grenade exploded,
wounding one soldier. The solder is
in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries.
Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment
conducted a cordon-and-search operation in Mosul and
detained one suspect wanted for anticoalition
activities. Members of the Coalition for Iraqi Unity,
a concerned group of citizens in northwestern Iraq,
approached 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment at
Sinjar and turned in 143 rocket-propelled-grenade
rockets, 60 RPG boosters, two RPG launchers, three
hand grenades, 70 122 mm artillery rounds, two 125 mm
rounds and 1,362 14.5 mm rounds.
A concerned Iraqi citizen used the Tips Hotline
to report the location of two RPG rockets in Mosul,
which were subsequently found by soldiers from
1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment.
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