Citizen’s tip about bomb saves lives
BAGHDAD,Iraq -- A local citizen provided a potentially life-saving tip to the Iraqi Army in Sadr City Nov 26, alerting them to what appeared to be a bomb placed in the road.
The civilian provided the tip to an Iraqi Army checkpoint around 10:30 a.m.
The Iraqi Army and Soldiers from Task Force Baghdad’s 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry responded to the scene, secured the site and kept civilian traffic out of harm’s way.
Upon investigation, the Iraqi Army and Task Force Baghdad team discovered a 122-millimeter mortar round rigged with a remote detonating device.
A U.S. Army explosive ordnance disposal team responded rendered the bomb safe.
Task Force Baghdad Soldiers prevent bomb attack
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Task Force Baghdad Soldiers killed a terrorist trying to set up an improvised explosive device Nov. 26 in the Abu Ghraib area west of Baghdad.
Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry spotted the bomber trying to put a 155-millimeter artillery round, with a detonation device attached, into a pile of trash along the street. The Soldiers quickly engaged the individual after they determined he was emplacing an IED.
Iraqi Army Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 6th Division secured the area and explosive experts were called to the site to destroy the bomb.
Iraqi and U.S. forces continue hunting for weapons
TIKRIT, Iraq – As Iraqi and U.S. forces in Kirkuk continue unearthing weapons from a major cache discovered Nov.27th, several smaller caches were discovered around the north-central region Nov 28th.
Iraqi police and soldiers joined troops from the 101st Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team Monday to continue the systematic excavation and securing of a large cache unearthed outside of an abandoned military base near Kirkuk. Several thousand mortar rounds have already been removed from the site.
Elsewhere, a local resident led coalition troops to a weapons cache near Bayji on Nov.28th. Soldiers found 18 large mortar rounds, 90 pounds of powdered explosives, a rocket motor and some small arms ammunition. The rounds and explosives were taken away for disposal in a controlled detonation.
Iraqi and U.S. Soldiers conducted a search on the 28th of Nov. in the village of Shumayt, near Hawija. The search turned up a small amount of plastic explosives, some anti-aircraft artillery rounds, five assault weapons, sniper ammunition, and 200 rounds of armor-piercing ammunition.
A patrol operating from Logistics Support Area Anaconda near Balad discovered another collection of weapons on Nov.28th. Soldiers seized hundreds of rounds of small arms ammunition, four small rockets, 15 assault weapons and two night-vision scopes.
Massive weapons cache discovered near Kirkuk
TIKRIT, Iraq – U.S. Soldiers discovered more than 2,700 mortar rounds near an abandoned Iraqi Army base south of Kirkuk Sunday morning.
Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division’s 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, and explosive ordnance disposal experts began the task of unearthing the weapons from a mound located in a field full of similar mounds. Iraqi and U.S. forces are securing the site and preparing to excavate the remaining mounds in search of additional weapons.
This cache alone has yielded as much explosive material as gathered in the brigade’s area over the past two months, according to the EOD team at the site.
Weapons and explosives seized by Iraqi and U.S. forces are normally moved to a secure location and disposed of through controlled detonations in order to keep them from being used against local citizens and coalition forces.
MNDCS Soldiers capture 20 suspected terrorists
CAMP ECHO, Iraq – Soldiers from Multinational Division Central-South captured 20 men suspected of terrorism in the northern part of Babil province Nov. 28.
The suspected men were armed. MNDCS Soldiers also seized machine guns, ammunition and other equipment. This equipment is secured for investigation.
Soldiers seize weapons cache, detain 4 terrorists
BAGHDAD, Iraq — A routine patrol yielded significant results Nov. 27 when Task Force Baghdad Soldiers discovered terrorists’ weapons and bomb-making materials and detained four suspects in the Abu Ghraib district of west Baghdad.
Soldiers from B Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment were traveling through an area known for attacks with improvised explosive devices when they saw something suspicious in a chicken coop behind a farmhouse.
They discovered what first appeared to be unexploded ordnance buried in the ground but slightly exposed on the surface. Explosive experts were called in and they destroyed the ordnance, but the explosion uncovered a large supply of weapon systems.
This is the 29th cache discovered by B Troop since May.
The Soldiers found 19 rocket-propelled grenades, 16 82 mm mortar rounds, seven rifle grenades, six anti-tank mines, five rocket launchers, three rockets, three AK-47 assault rifles with 12 magazines, two hand grenades, two sniper rifles, two 130 mm artillery rounds, a pipe bomb, one mortar tube, one RPK rifle, a 9 mm pistol, one 50-caliber machine gun, 20 primers, 20 SKS magazines, and 10 pounds of various ammunition.
Iraqi, U.S. forces disable, destroy roadside bomb
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A resident of the Tissa Nissan area of east Baghdad flagged down a patrol from the Iraqi Public Order Brigade and provided information on the location of a possible road-side bomb Nov. 27.
U.S. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 64th Armor responded to the scene to provide additional security and to keep civilian traffic at a safe distance from the improvised explosive device.
At approximately 9:30 a.m., a Coalition Forces explosive ordnance disposal team arrived at the site and removed the device to another location for destruction.
“It’s great to have the Iraqi and U.S. Forces working together to secure Iraq,” said Maj. David Fivecoat, operations officer for 1st Bn., 64th Armor.
The road-side bomb consisted of two 82 mm and one 60 mm mortar rounds with an electronic detonating device.
Task Force Baghdad patrol nabs 2 terrorists
BAGHDAD, Iraq — After military observers witnessed a group of terrorists with rocket-propelled grenades, a Task Force Baghdad unit dispatched a patrol to investigate the situation, resulting in the capture of two of the terrorists Nov. 27.
The terrorists were first observed in a vehicle at an abandoned school south of Baghdad.
While en route to the abandoned schoolhouse, the Soldiers from A Company, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment were engaged by the enemy in two separate incidents.
The U.S. patrol hit an improvised explosive device. Later, the Soldiers were engaged with small-arms fire from terrorists in a truck. The Soldiers returned fire, forcing the terrorists to flee the area.
There were no U.S. injuries or damages as a result of the explosion and firefight.
When the A Co. Soldiers reached the school, they spotted the two terror suspects with command wires in their hands. On further inspection, the Soldiers determined the wires were connected to an IED on the road. The two terrorists were detained for further questioning.
An explosive ordnance disposal team was called to the site to assess the IED and conduct a controlled detonation of the device.
Iraqi, U.S. forces thwart suspected assassination
BAGHDAD — Iraqi Police and Task Force Baghdad Soldiers prevented an assassination attempt Nov. 27 in the Ghazaliyah neighborhood of western Baghdad.
Around 11 a.m., Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division responded to a call from Iraqi citizens who spotted a silver sedan with explosives, wires and a timer underneath it.
Iraqi Police soon joined the U.S. Soldiers at the scene and took the lead in investigating the vehicle.
The IP called in Iraqi explosive experts who disabled the bomb which was attached to the vehicle’s gas tank and consisted of one-and-a-half pounds of explosives and a radio transmitter.
** And finally...Seems that some looney peace protester has gone and ignored all the advice about not traveling in dangerous areas in Iraq and as a result has been kidnapped. A video of Norman Kember whoworks for a human rights group has been put on the propaganda channel al-Jazeera showing him with some other assorted hostages.
I hate to say it but it seems that he is about to get a quick lesson in the fact that terrorists could not give a shit about his human rights, and maybe he and his peacenik friends if they get out alive wont be so quick to condemn the west.
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Good info. Since Chrenkoff got a job that won't let him blog, I have been missing a lot of the good news from Iraq.
Trying to let the world know that its not just head chopping, car bombs and dead soldiers going on in Iraq.
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