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| Iraq-Jordan |
| 4TH ID OPERATIONS |
| 2004-02-10 |
| TIKRIT, Iraq - Three people were captured after soldiers from 1st Brigade Combat Team went to the village of Al Alam, near Tikrit in the morning of Feb. 9 in search of individuals suspected of having involvement in attacks against Coalition forces on Forward Operating Base Speicher. The soldiers did not locate any targeted individuals in the village but as they were returning to their base camp they encountered a group of 30 Iraqis. The men were stopped and soldiers were able to determine that one of the individuals was targeted for capture in the planned raid. Two others were detained for questioning. As the soldiers continued their return to the base, an Iraqi citizen approached them and provided information about an ammunition cache in Tikrit. The soldiers went to the described location and found two 82 mm mortar rounds and two rocket propelled grenades. The munitions were destroyed in place. --An Iraqi citizen came up to a 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment patrol with information about a possible weapons cache in the town of Jalula in the afternoon of Feb. 9. Soldiers went to the location and confiscated five RPGs and one 60 mm mortar tube. The confiscated items were taken to the soldiers’ base and are scheduled for destruction. --A patrol from 1st battalion, 67th Armor Regiment was proceeding to a location identified as a possible rocket launch site after Forward Operating Base Warhorse was attacked in the evening of Feb. 8. Soldiers encountered five armed individuals four kilometers south of Al Hadid who attempted to flee when the patrol approached. The soldiers responded and fired at the armed individuals, wounding one. The soldiers continued their pursuit and went to a nearby building and captured 13 people, including one person with a gunshot wound, who was treated immediately. After questioning the men six were detained. |
| Posted by:Chuck Simmins |
| #4 Antiwar - nice bromide, care to back that up? try: It's all about the Oiiilllll! Bush Lied!!! Halliburton!!!! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-2-10 8:06:47 PM |
| #3 Never should have went in the first place |
| Posted by: Antiwar 2004-2-10 8:04:27 PM |
| #2 dataman1, I disagree. I'm honestly not sure whether July 1st is to early or not but what I do know is that we need to remove ourselves from the enforcer position and move Iraqi forces into that position. Our forces need to be sitting outside populated areas in fortified bases to the extent that Iraq can police it's own population. We should just be there as a stabalizing force not for enforcement. |
| Posted by: Damn_Proud_American 2004-2-10 6:08:31 PM |
| #1 We need to stay there longer. US actions are beginning to take hold now. Forget local sensibilities. We are the occupier and the enforcer. At some point yes, but July 1sr seems awful close to me. Perhaps July 1st 2006. |
| Posted by: dataman1 2004-2-10 4:43:39 PM |