52 suspected terrorists snared; Kirkuk cache demolished
December 5, 2005
TIKRIT, Iraq (Army News Service, Dec. 5, 2005) – Iraqi and U.S. forces captured more than 50 suspected terrorists in operations in northern and central Iraq Dec. 1, 2.
Captured in Kirkuk
During operations Dec. 2, a large group of suspected terrorists were captured by 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division northwest of Kirkuk. The Soldiers were conducting a routine patrol near an abandoned bunker when they observed 15 men digging around the bunker searching for weapons. The patrol detained the men for questioning.
Ar Ruashid raid success
Nine suspected terrorists were detained in Ar Ruashid Friday afternoon in a joint mission led by Soldiers from the 3rd Bn., 1st Bde., 4th Iraqi Army Division. The mission, which included a search of the homes in the village, was aimed at disrupting terrorist activities in the area by denying them a safe haven from which to strike at the surrounding communities and coalition forces.
6 nabbed in Udaim
An IED discovery along a road near the village of Udaim north of Baqubah, resulted in the capture of six suspects. A patrol from Task Force 2-34 Armor discovered the IED and cordoned off the surrounding area. After an explosives ordnance disposal team conducted a controlled detonation to destroy the IED, the six men were searched and IED-making materials were found among them.
Seized in Samarra
Two suspects were seized by Samarra Police officers after a search of their vehicle turned up two AK-47 assault rifles and spent shell casings. A vehicle matching the suspects’ was used in an attack against police officers earlier Saturday afternoon in which one officer was wounded.
Bomber busted in Zaglawa
Daquq Police and Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team conducted a raid in the small village of Zaglawa, where they detained a suspected terrorist bomber identified by information obtained in a previous mission.
Terrorist u-turned into trap
One terrorist suspect was captured by a 1st BCT patrol northwest of Bayji when the man attempted to make a U-turn to avoid the Soldiers. The patrol stopped the vehicle and a search revealed a 155mm artillery shell, nine mortar rounds, a 130mm rocket, five blocks of plastic explosives and an IED detonating device.
During Tikrit operations Dec. 1, 18 suspected terrorists were taken off the streets as Iraqi and U.S. forces continue to track down and detain suspects hiding in the north-central region of Iraq.
IED kills terrorist, wounds another
Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team apprehended two terrorists near Daquq after watching them attempt to emplace an IED. The IED detonated as the men were placing it, injuring both men. The terrorists were taken to a local hospital, where one later died of his wounds from the IED.
The Soldiers searched the terrorists’ vehicle and found a second IED that the terrorists had planned to emplace. An explosive ordnance disposal team was called in and detonated the IED, safely destroying it and the vehicle.
10 terrorists detained in Dali Abbas
Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division conducted a search of the Dali Abbas market near Al Muqdadiyah to eliminate an IED cell operating in the area. Ten suspected terrorists were detained.
6 terrorists snared in Baqubah, Balad
Another 2-5 IA unit detained two men in a raid near Baqubah on the evening of Dec. 1. The suspected terrorists were taken in for questioning.
Task Force 5-7 Cavalry troopers detained four terrorists near Balad after catching them with IED-detonating devices in the early morning of Dec. 1.
Kirkuk weapons cache to be destroyed
More than 4,200 mortar rounds discovered by Iraqi and U.S. forces in a major weapons cache outside an abandoned military base near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk Nov. 27 was destroyed Dec. 5.
The final tally of recovered items near Kirkuk was 4,222 mortar rounds and more than 950 fuses. In all, nearly two tons of explosives were unearthed. By contrast, over the past two months a total of about 2,500 pounds of explosives was discovered in the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division area of operations.
The rounds will be destroyed in a controlled detonation by an explosives ordnance disposal team at Forward Operating Base Warrior in Kirkuk.
(Editor’s note: This story was compiled by Sgt. Ken Hall at ARNEWS from several news releases from Task Force Band of Brothers PAO.
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