Dear Friends, Family and Interested Readers,
The big stories today are about the continued and ever increasing support given by the CLCs. There are also nice photos of the commanders visiting the 10th Mtn Div to say job well done.
Joanna
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Multi-National Corps - Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342
January 27, 2008
Sixteen IEDs, cache turned in by Concerned Local Citizens (CLCs)
2nd BCT, 3rd ID
BAGHDAD - CLCs turned in numerous IED components and a munitions cache to MND-Center Soldiers in Arab Jabour Jan. 25.
The CLCs approached Soldiers from Co B, 1st Bn, 30th Inf Regt, 2nd BCT, 3rd ID from Fort Stewart, Ga., with 16 pressure plate switches and numerous blasting caps, then pointed out where the IEDs were found, allowing CF to safely eliminate the threat.
The CLCs also turned in a cache of weapons to the Soldiers, consisting of 340 57 mm projectile fuses, 3 57 mm projectiles and 500 DSHKA heavy machine gun rounds.
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CLCs contribute to finding enemy weapons
2nd BCT, 3rd ID
BAGHDAD - CLCs took weapons out of the hands of extremists Jan. 26 in Arab Jabour by discovering 6 IEDs and a weapons cache consisting of 30 60 mm mortars, 7 57 mm projectiles, 4 122 mm projectiles, 2 107 mm rockets, a 81 mm mortar, 5 jugs of homemade explosives, 2 57 mm mortars rigged as IEDs and 200 DSHKA large-caliber machine gun rounds. The contents of the cache were handed over to Soldiers from Co D, 1st Bn, 30th Inf Regt, 2nd BCT, 3rd ID.
Later, a group of CLCs handed over 3 IEDs to Co A. Two of the IEDs were 57 mm mortars rigged with detonation cord and filled with HME. The third IED was a 2-liter bottle filled with HME. In a third find the same day, also in Co A's area of ops, CLCs discovered 3 more IEDs. They were 57 mm projectiles filled with unknown bulk explosive rigged with detonation cord.
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MND Soldiers, IP conduct combined op with CLCs in support of Op Phantom Phoenix
By Spc. Ben Hutto
3rd HBCT, 3rd ID
FOB HAMMER - Soldiers from Co A, 1st Bn, 15th Inf Regt, conducted a 2-day combined op with the Iraqi 3rd Bde, 1st NP Div and CLCs in Zelig, Jan. 20 and 21.
Thirteen insurgent fighters were killed, 2 enemy trucks destroyed and 14 IEDs were found during the combined op, which is part of the country-wide Op Phantom Phoenix.
Capt. William Clark, the com. of Co A, said CLCs took the lead in the op. "Locals are coming out to help build checkpoints with the CLCs," said Staff Sgt. Matthew Jemison, a Soldier in 1-15 Inf Regt. "The results of the op were very positive."
The 1-15 Inf. Regt is assigned to the 3rd HBCT, 3rd ID, from Fort Benning, Ga.
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Iraqi civilians lead troops to explosives cache
RAMADI - Iraqi civilians helped Iraqi SF and CF discover numerous caches 60 kilometers northeast of Ramadi Jan. 24.
Acting on information provided by locals, the IA alongside Co B, 3rd Bn, 69th Armor Regt, discovered 4 caches, including the largest cache found in the Thar Thar region in 2008.
The combined 4 caches included 2,550 pounds of homemade explosives; 10 pounds of plastic explosives; 3 mines; 1,500 feet of detonation cord; 2 mortar tubes; more than 300 rocket propelled grenade warheads; 6 120mm mortar rounds; 4 107mm rockets; and a heavy machine gun.
One cache of RPG rounds and mortars was found buried in a large water container in an abandoned sheep pen. Based on its location, the cache could have been used to supply insurgents in 3 provinces with munitions. "The cache provided bomb-making materials and RPGs for the Saladin, Baghdad and Anbar provinces," said Lt. Col. Michael Silverman, com. officer. "It was big, new and the best attempt to hide them since I've been here."
More than 300 rocket propelled grenades were discovered in a buried water container.
Iraqi Army Soldiers remove rocket propelled grenades from a buried water container.
Members of Task Force Raider do inventory.
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10th Mountain Division commanders visits troops in Kirkuk
Com. Sgt. Maj. James Redmore, jokes with 1st Sgt. Jeffrey Burke, about the strength and combat skills of Army Rangers.
Maj. Gen. Mike Oates, scans the horizon at ReTrans-South, an outpost in northeastern Iraq.
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