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Iraqi Army, Coalition forces conduct operation
Working in deep woods, believe it or not. Battery C, Fires Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, along with Soldiers from the Iraqi Army took part in a clearing operation outside of Combat Out-Post Zaganiyah in the densely packed palm groves May 28. IA Soldiers, along with members of the Sons of Iraq from three different Iraqi towns took part in the palm grove clearing operation, said Capt. Charles Knoll, Battery C, Fires Squadron, 2nd SCR. “The city of Bukais used to be an al-Qaeda in Iraq stronghold in northern Iraq,†said 1st Sgt. Richard Perez, Battery C, Fires Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment. “The AQI were using their position to terrorize and intimidate the innocent people who lived in the city,†said Perez. IA, SOI and CF were able to push the al-Qaeda in Iraq … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, War on Terror
Attackers Driven Back Towards Iran
The Iraqi Department of Border Enforcement discovered a cache of anti-tank mines after taking small arms fire from an unknown number of terrorists, April 14. The Department of Border Enforcement soldiers returned fire in self-defense, driving the terrorists toward the Iranian border. More than 160 anti-tank mines were found after the terrorists broke contact. The Iraqi Department of Border Enforcement in northern Iraq includes more than 8,700 agents and covers nine points of entry. The Department of Border Enforcement is responsible for patrolling the border and conducting other assigned law enforcement duties. The Department of Border Enforcement in northern Iraq is part of the overall 150,000-person Iraqi Security Force. MNF-I … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iran, Iraq, War on Terror
Rehabilitating the Tuz Electrical Power Network
The town of Tuz, Iraq has played a significant role in Coalition operations since 2003, and today more of its 15,000 residents have reliable electricity. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in northern Iraq completed an electrical network project in February that brings electricity generated at the Bayji power plant to approximately 3,000 Iraqi homes in this village located 110 miles north of Baghdad. “We expanded the existing distribution system so that the same amount of electricity could be provided to more homes in the neighborhood,†said Oni Gomez, resident engineer in the Gulf Region North district’s Tikrit Resident Office. Rehabilitating the existing Tuz power network included installing 30 new transformers, as well as eight kilometers of conductors and power poles, Gomez added. The contractor began work in October 2007 and the project … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Rats Run, Cannot Hide
AQI running like the cowards they are. MNF-I (Story by Fred W. Baker III, American Forces Press Service) A surge in military operations and a shift in local support in northern Iraq has driven many al Qaeda fighters out of cities that once provided them safe haven and into the desert, or even out of the country, a commander in the region said Monday. Citizens in the four-province region of Multi-National Division – North have begun shifting their support … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, Surge 2007, Terrorist Death Watch, War on Terror
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