MND Soldiers, Iraqi Police conduct combined operation with CLCs in support of Operation Phantom Phoenix
Multi-National Force-Iraq
Sunday, 27 January 2008
Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080127-05
January 27, 2008
MND Soldiers, Iraqi Police conduct combined operation with CLCs in support of Operation Phantom Phoenix
By Spc. Ben Hutto, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
Multi-National Division – Center PAO
FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER, Iraq – Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, conducted a two-day combined operation with the Iraqi 3rd Brigade, 1st National Police Division and Concerned Local Citizens in Zelig, Iraq Jan. 20 and 21.
Thirteen insurgent fighters were killed, two enemy trucks destroyed and 14 improvised explosive devices were found during the combined operation, which is part of the country-wide Operation Phantom Phoenix.
Capt. William Clark, the commander of Company A, said Concerned Local Citizens took the lead in the operation. The Wheeling, Ill. native said the majority of IEDs were found in Zelig and the group cleared homes along major routes in and out of the city.
Company A assisted the Concerned Local Citizens in setting up operation checkpoints.
“Locals are coming out to help build checkpoints with the Concerned Local Citizens,” said Staff Sgt. Matthew Jemison, a Soldier in 1-15 Infantry Regiment from Metairie, La. “The results of the operation were very positive.”
The 1-15 Infantry Regiment is assigned to the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, from Fort Benning, Ga. They have been deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom since March 2007.
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