Iraqi police also killed two terrorists in Tal Afar yesterday when the two men attacked a police patrol. Task Force Band of Brothers soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, arrived to assist the police and searched the building the terrorists were using. The soldiers uncovered a false wall that led to a tunnel system and another hidden door that opened into a room used as clandestine sleeping quarters.

The "Ready First" soldiers discovered a variety of weapons and munitions scattered throughout the tunnel and underground room. A Katusha rocket, rifle grenades, mortar rounds, homemade bombs and mortar tubes were seized. An explosive ordnance disposal team conducted a controlled detonation of the weapons and munitions, destroying the house and tunnel system to prevent terrorists from using them again. Three police officers were wounded in the initial attack and were taken to the Tal Afar hospital.