Thursday, January 5
GRUNTS TAKE PILES OF GUNS N' AMMO, 11 SCUZBALLS
| January 5, 2006 TIKRIT, Iraq – Soldiers from Task Force Band of Brothers seized four weapons caches and detained 11 suspected terrorists Jan. 4 in northern Iraq. Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, conducting a patrol near Hawija, detained eight suspects and destroyed a large collection of weapons and explosives Jan. 4. Three of the men were caught as they tried to run away when the patrol came upon their truck stopped alongside the road. Five other men were discovered in the truck. The weapons included rocket-propelled grenades and launchers, machine guns and IED components. Three more suspects were taken into custody after another 1st BCT patrol near Hawija stopped their vehicle and discovered 30 pistols. A local man reported a cache of approximately 6,000 anti-aircraft artillery rounds to a patrol near Bayji. The cache was transported to a nearby military base for disposal. A fourth cache, containing 25 artillery rounds was discovered and taken to a base near Kirkuk for disposal. |
