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Two Task Force Liberty soldiers were killed and three wounded when an improvised explosive device detonated near a vehicle patrol near Samarra, Iraq, at about 6:00 p.m. Aug. 6, officials said.
The soldiers were evacuated to a coalition forces medical facility, where two soldiers died. The names of the soldiers are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
In other news from northern Iraq, Iraqi and multinational security forces from Task Force Freedom detained 32 suspected terrorists, killed one terrorist, injured another three, and seized a weapons cache over the weekend, U.S. military officials said.
The coordinated efforts of Iraqi citizens and security forces, combined with ongoing offensive operations, continue to lead to the arrest of terrorists and criminals who are responsible for attacks against innocent Iraqi citizens, officials said.
Iraqi and multinational security forces with the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), detained 34 suspected terrorists and seized a weapons cache during operations in northern Iraq on Aug. 5, U.S. military officials said today.
Twenty-five of the terrorist suspects were apprehended during cordon-and-search operations south of Oayyarah. Iraqi army soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, and U.S. troops from the 2nd Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment, spearheaded these operations.
Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, apprehended another five suspected terrorists on Friday. The 24th seized the terrorist suspects during three separate operations in western Mosul, officials said.
The remaining four terrorist suspects were detained by soldiers from the 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, at a checkpoint in Rawah.
Also on Aug. 5, U.S. soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, seized a weapons cache during a search operation in eastern Mosul, officials said. The cache reportedly included several artillery rounds, which were confiscated for future destruction.
Officials reported that no coalition forces were injured in these operations.
(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Task Force Liberty news releases.)
Story by American Forces Press Service
| Date Taken: | 08.07.2005 |
| Date Posted: | 07.04.2025 04:28 |
| Story ID: | 537532 |
| Location: | WASHINGTON, US |
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