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Third Surge Brigade Coming Home

May 5th, 2008 | Comments Off

Have you read this in your paper? Nope. The third of five surge brigades will be coming home in the next several weeks. Umm… misson accomplished! Approximately, 3,500 Soldiers from the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division are redeploying to Fort Benning, Georgia, in the next several weeks. The 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team deployed in March 2007 to secure the Mada’in Qada in Baghdad Province east of the Diyala River. The brigade was one of five units deployed in support of the surge. The 3rd HBCT’s operations in Mada’in Qada helped improve the safety and quality of life for approximately 120,000 people living there. Its contributions over the last 14 months have led to improvements in security and the capture of more than 600 criminals, numerous cache finds, and a remarkably lower number of … Read entire article »

Filed under: Iraq, Surge 2007, War on Terror

MND-B Soldiers kill 12 criminals

April 20th, 2008 | Comments Off

Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers killed 12 criminals and detained three in separate events in Baghdad April 20. At 6:40 a.m., MND-B Soldiers witnessed five individuals emplacing an improvised explosive device in the Adhamiyah district. The Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment engaged the criminals as they were emplacing the IED. The IED detonated during the engagement killing three and wounding one. Also in Adhamiyah at approximately 8 a.m., the 1st Bn, 21st Inf. Soldiers engaged and killed seven criminals carrying three PKC machine guns, three AK-47s and a rocket propelled grenade launcher. A Stryker element supporting the mission killed two more criminals carrying AK-47s on a nearby rooftop. In another incident, Soldiers with the 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment detained two men in possession of various illegal weapons … Read entire article »

Filed under: Iraq, Surge 2007, Terrorist Death Watch, War on Terror

Sadr City Fight Continues, 7 Terrs Killed

April 20th, 2008 | Comments Off

A Multi-National Division – Baghdad aerial weapons teams killed seven criminals and Soldiers seized weapons in separate incidents in eastern Baghdad April 19. At approximately 8:27 p.m., Coalition forces were attacked by criminals with small-arms fire. They returned fire killing one. At approximately 8:39 p.m., in another section of the Sadr City district, Coalition forces engaged attacking criminals, killing one. At approximately 9:40 p.m, an aerial weapons team identified four weapons crates in an open field of the Sadr City district. The AWT engaged and destroyed all four weapons crates. In a separate incident, three criminals with weapons were identified driving a truck at approximately 10:13 p.m. in the Sadr City district of eastern Baghdad. An AWT engaged with a Hellfire missile, killing the five criminals. “We are making a … Read entire article »

Filed under: Iraq, Terrorist Death Watch, War on Terror