NGAUS Notes-7/30/2006

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NGAUS Legislative Update: 7/28/2006

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Coalition Forces capture terrorist and associate north of Tikrit

Release Date: 7/27/2006
Release Number: 06-07-02PM
Created at 7/27/2006 6:15 AM by Matthew Hasson.
Last modified at 7/27/2006 6:15 AM by Matthew Hasson.
Description: BAGHDAD – Coalition forces successfully targeted and captured a wanted terrorist and another associate during a raid north of Tikrit July 27.

The targeted terrorist is a known leader of several al–Qaida in Iraq members in the area. Intelligence indicates that his group is responsible for an attack on a Government of Iraq checkpoint July 6, which killed nine Iraqi security forces and wounded 14 others.

The assault force quickly secured the area and captured the terrorist without incident. No Iraqi civilians or Coalition forces were injured during the operation.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMBINED PRESS INFORMATION CENTER at: cpicpressdesk@iraq.centcom.mil.

Category: Press Release, Terrorism and Iraq.

1ST BCT Soldiers seize weapons, Munitions

Release Date: 7/27/2006
Release Number: 06-07-02PM
Created at 7/27/2006 6:36 AM by Matthew Hasson.
Last modified at 7/27/2006 6:36 AM by Matthew Hasson.
Description: CAMP TAJI, Iraq – Patrols from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division found weapons and munitions at sites north and west of Baghdad Monday night and Tuesday.

A patrol from 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, seized 1,000 7.62mm rounds, 800 PKC rounds, a 155mm artillery round, a German sniper rifle, a 9mm pistol, an AK-47 assault rifle and various bomb-making materials after responding to a tip west of Baghdad at approximately 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Another patrol from 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., seized various ammunition, consisting of 400 7.62mm rounds of ammunition, 12 AK-47 magazines with ammunition and 53 shotgun shells at approximately 11:30 p.m. Monday west of Baghdad.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS RELEASE, CONTACT THE MULTI-NATIONAL DIVISION - BAGHDAD PUBLIC AFFAIRS NCO IN CHARGE, MASTER SGT. ERIC LOBSINGER AT: eric.lobsinger@mnd-b.army.mil , COMMERCIAL: (914) 822-8174 OR IRAQNA 011-964-790-192-4675.

Category: Press Release and Iraq.

IA, MND-B Soldiers Capture weapons, munitions, 5 detainees

Release Date: 7/27/2006
Release Number: 06-07-02PM
Created at 7/27/2006 7:30 AM by Matthew Hasson.
Last modified at 7/27/2006 7:30 AM by Matthew Hasson.
Description: BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, discovered approximately 100 long range control devices used for improvised-explosive devices and a .50 caliber machine gun in an abandoned vehicle while conducting a search southeast of Baghdad at approximately 7:50 a.m. Tuesday.

The Soldiers confiscated the weapons and vehicle.

In another incident at approximately 8 a.m. soldiers from 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, found an improvised-explosive device near the Yusufiyah Hospital, and disabled it.

In the northern Baghdad district of Adhamiyah, soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 6th IAD discovered an antitank mine underneath a vehicle parked next to a gas station. They cordoned off the area until an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team could disable the device.

A concerned citizen notified Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Inf. Div., of a possible weapons cache near Hamdi, approximately 30 miles north of Baghdad at approximately 9:20 a.m. He led them to a location in a remote field where they uncovered seven sub-munitions shape charges. Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams destroyed the munitions.

At approximately 12:15 p.m., Soldiers from 4th Bde., 6th IAD, stopped a vehicle at a check point and found an RPK rifle and two AK-47s. The five men in the vehicle were detained for questioning.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS RELEASE, CONTACT THE MULTI-NATIONAL DIVISION - BAGHDAD PUBLIC AFFAIRS NCO IN CHARGE, MASTER SGT. ERIC LOBSINGER AT: eric.lobsinger@mnd-b.army.mil , COMMERCIAL: (914) 822-8174 OR IRAQNA 011-964-790-192-4675.

Category: Press Release and Iraq.

IPs, MND-B Soldiers seizes weapons, detain suspects

Release Date: 7/27/2006
Release Number: 06-07-02PM
Created at 7/27/2006 7:31 AM by Matthew Hasson.
Last modified at 7/27/2006 7:31 AM by Matthew Hasson.
Description: BAGHDAD – Elements of 1st Battalion, 6th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division, along with Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, seized weapons, munitions and detained five suspects Wednesday while conducting a counter-death squad operation in southern Baghdad.

The cache consisted of various bomb-making materials, two AK-47 rifles, a pistol and a box containing identifying documents and pictures.

Two MND-B Soldiers suffered minor wounds during the operation.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS RELEASE, CONTACT THE MULTI-NATIONAL DIVISION - BAGHDAD PUBLIC AFFAIRS NCO IN CHARGE, MASTER SGT. ERIC LOBSINGER AT: eric.lobsinger@mnd-b.army.mil , COMMERCIAL: (914) 822-8174 OR IRAQNA 011-964-790-192-4675.

Category: Press Release, Terrorism and Iraq.

MND-B Patrol captures 6 detainees, unearths weapons cache

Release Date: 7/27/2006
Release Number: 06-07-02PM
Created at 7/27/2006 7:32 AM by Matthew Hasson
Last modified at 7/27/2006 7:32 AM by Matthew Hasson
Description: BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers detained six suspected terrorists and located a buried weapons cache southwest of Baghdad Tuesday.

Soldiers from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, noticed a suspicious burial site while conducting a dismounted combat patrol at approximately 2:15 p.m.

The Soldiers cordoned off the area and unearthed 14 120mm and 12 60mm mortar rounds, a box of miscellaneous ammunition, two mortar sites and other bomb-making materials.

The weapons cache was destroy in a controlled detonation by an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS RELEASE, CONTACT THE MULTI-NATIONAL DIVISION - BAGHDAD PUBLIC AFFAIRS NCO IN CHARGE, MASTER SGT. ERIC LOBSINGER AT: eric.lobsinger@mnd-b.army.mil, COMMERCIAL: (914) 822-8174 OR IRAQNA 011-964-790-192-4675.

U.S. Central Command
Public Affairs
Spc. Patrick Ziegler
Spc. Chris Erickson
1Lt Anthony Deiss

Category: Press Release, Terrorism and Iraq.

Iraqi Forces divert mission to aid citizen in distress

Release Date: 7/27/2006
Release Number: 06-07-02PM
Created at 7/27/2006 7:42 AM by Matthew Hasson.
Last modified at 7/27/2006 7:42 AM by Matthew Hasson.
Description: BALAD – During a pre-dawn raid in Baghdad on July 26 to capture a ‘death squad’ member, Iraqi forces diverted their mission to free an Iraqi citizen who was abducted and being beaten by two unknown assailants.

As the Iraqi forces moved toward their original objective in the Abu Ghurayb area of Baghdad, they discovered an Iraqi citizen who was bound and being beaten by two men while he lay on the ground.

The Iraqi assault force surprised the kidnappers and an exchange of gunfire ensued. During the gun fight, one of the kidnappers and the hostage were wounded while the second kidnapper fled the scene. Both were treated on the scene by a U.S. Army Special Forces medic who was with the Iraqi forces in an advisory capacity.

The hostage and the kidnapper were evacuated immediately to a nearby U.S. military medical facility for emergency treatment. Both are expected to recover.

The hostage was abducted at approximately 10 p.m. on July 25 as he returned home from work.

No Iraqi or coalition forces were injured during this operation.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS RELEASE, CONTACT THE MULTI-NATIONAL CORPS – IRAQ PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER.

U.S. Central Command
Public Affairs
Spc. Patrick Ziegler
Spc. Chris Erickson
1Lt Anthony Deiss

Category: Press Release, Terrorism and Iraq.

MND-B Soldiers detain terrorists, find weapons cache & roadside bombs in Babil

Release Date: 7/27/2006
Release Number: 20060727-05
Created at 7/27/2006 8:22 AM by Patrick A. Ziegler
Last modified at 7/27/2006 8:48 AM by Patrick A. Ziegler
Description: MND-B Soldiers detain 5 terrorists, seize 4 weapons caches, 2 roadside bombs, in Babil province

BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad’s 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, captured five wanted terrorists and seized four weapons caches during a counter-insurgency mission which began at approximately 2 a.m. Monday and continued through approximately 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in Sayifiyah, a city in Babil province.

Overall, the caches consisted of: a large caliber machine gun, a coax machinegun, an Iraqi MK-19 grenade launcher, an Iraqi .50-caliber machine gun, a rocket propelled grenade launcher, a 125mm and an 80mm projectile, 14 120mm mortar rounds, seven 80mm mortar rounds, 16 60mm mortar rounds, 50 25mm rounds, 16 22mm projectiles, 200 rounds of .50-caliber ammunition and two additional duffel bags full of .50-caliber ammunition, a box of miscellaneous ammunition, a variety of 12 grenades, an unknown amount of ammunition for the co-ax machine gun, and an unknown number of miscellaneous mortar rounds.

The caches also included a duffel bag full of miscellaneous bomb-making making materials, a duffle bag full of mortar fuses, a duffel bag full of detonation cord, and a wide variety of additional bomb-making material.

During the operations, Soldiers also disabled an improvised-explosive device and identified a vehicle-borne improvised-explosive device, which was destroyed by an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team.

The suspected terrorists were detained for questioning. No injuries were reported during the two-day mission.
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Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Press Release 20060727-05
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

U.S. Central Command
Public Affairs
Spc. Patrick Ziegler
Spc. Chris Erickson
1Lt Anthony Deiss

Category: Press Release, Terrorism and Iraq.

NGAUS Notes 7/21/2006

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NGAUS: Legislation Update, 7/21/2006

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Two Iraqi Force raids in Baghdad net four insurgents

Release Date: 7/21/2006
Release Number: 06-07-02P
Created by: Matthew Hasson.

BALAD – Iraqi security forces conducted two separate operations in Baghdad on July 20, capturing four insurgents who may be involved in ‘extra judicial killing,’ or EJK cells.

The first operation by Iraqi security forces, a raid on back-to-back objectives in southwest Baghdad, netted three primary targets. The first individual was a key insurgent leader believed to plan and coordinate insurgent operations in Baghdad. The second is allegedly involved in financing operations and supplying weapons to insurgents. And the third is believed to be involved in kidnapping Iraqi citizens, Iraqi police and Iraqi soldiers for ransom to finance insurgent activities. He is also allegedly involved in murdering kidnapping victims and participating in attacks against coalition forces.

Iraqi forces also seized three AK-47 assault rifles and three nine millimeter pistols.

During a second raid in southern Baghdad, Iraqi Army forces captured an individual known to deal improvised explosive devices, or IEDs and small arms to insurgent groups.

Coalition force advisers were on hand during both operations, and both occurred without incident.

No Iraqi or coalition forces were injured during the operation.

For More Information, Contact MULTINATIONAL CORPS PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT MNCI-PAO-VictoryMainJOC@iraq.centcom.mil.

Category: Press Release and Military.

Iraqi Army, MND-N Soldier Launch Operation Gaumgamela

Release Date: 7/20/2006
Release Number: 06-07-02P
Created by: Sharbe L. Clark
Description:

KIRKUK, Iraq (July 20, 2006) – Thursday morning, Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division and Bastogne Soldiers of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division simultaneously surrounded and entered the cities of Hawija and Riyadh, just west of Kirkuk, searching for suspected al-Qaeda terrorists as combined Operation Gaugamela (gaw'guh-MEE-luh), gets underway.

The ongoing operation, requested by local Sunni Arab leaders, follows a series of terror attacks in the area, and comes as there are reports indicating the presence of al-Qaeda terror cells in the area. In the past five weeks, 31 Iraqi soldiers have been killed in terrorist attacks in the region and just three days ago six policemen were killed in Hawija.

In Hawija, Bastogne Soldiers and Iraqi Security Forces surrounded the city, blocking off escape routes, as another combined force air assaulted into the market in the heart of the city. The units are cordoning off the area and searching for terrorist forces. Meanwhile, Iraqi Security and Coalition Forces surrounded the village of Riyadh, approximately 10 miles away, and are also searching that city.

Operation Gaugamela is named for the battle in which Alexander drove the Persian army from the city of Gaugamela.

For more information concerning this release, contact Major Greg Bishop.

Category: Press Release and Military.

FOB Courage to be turned over to Iraqi Government

Title: FOB COURAGE TO BE TURNED OVER TO IRAQI GOVERNMENT.
Release Date: 7/19/2006
Release Number: 06-07-01PM
Created by: Patrick A. Ziegler.

Description:
MOSUL, Iraq – Task Force Band of Brothers will turn over control of the former Saddam Hussein presidential compound here to Iraqi government officials in a ceremony in Mosul July 20.

The Mosul VIP Residence site, built over 2.2 square kilometers and completed in 1994, contained Saddam Hussein's northernmost presidential site and includes several palaces and VIP residences, three lakes, and man-made waterfalls. According to the complex’s pre-war caretaker, it was built for Saddam Hussein’s son, Qusay. Apparently, neither Hussein nor his sons actually stayed there.

The main palace has been home to the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Division Main Command Post, Task Force Olympia CP, and Task Force Freedom CP, situated in one of the former regime's palace buildings overlooking the Tigris.

The compound has also served as headquarters during some of its greatest successes in Iraq. Notable among those many successes was the May 5, 2003 Mosul city and Ninewa provincial council elections, the first post-Saddam Hussein election in Iraq.

While serving as northern headquarters, it played host to many VIPs and dignitaries, among them: Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld; Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice; Secretary of Army Francis J. Harvey; nearly every U.S. Senator; comedian Robin Williams; and actor Bruce Willis.

Since the departure of Task Force Freedom in December 2005, the compound has been home to elements of the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team and other coalition forces. Earlier this year, they began the task of vacating and restoring the compound in order to hand it over.

Category: Press Release.

Terrorists Linked to Illegal Drugs

Written by:
U.S. CENTCOM PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Electronic Media Engagement Team
Spc. Patrick Ziegler
Spc. Chris Erickson
1Lt. Anthony Deiss

COMBINED FORCES COMMAND – AFGHANISTAN COALITION PRESS INFORMATION CENTER KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 18, 2006
Release # 060718-07

Extremists linked to drug trade

KABUL, Afghanistan – Coalition Soldiers have seized an estimated $3 million in opium from an extremist compound July 13 after a Coalition patrol held off more than two dozen fighters until additional firepower arrived.

Following the engagement, the Soldiers found five dead extremists, but believe many more were killed.

A search of the compound found 70 kilograms of opium paste, a rocket propelled grenade launcher, four rockets, an AK-47 and ammunition, a passport and other documents.

“Recovering these weapons and drugs increases the safety and security of Afghans, and reduces the danger posed by criminals and extremists who might use those munitions indiscriminately to cause harm on the Afghan people, Afghan security forces or Coalition forces ,” said Col. Thomas Collins, Coalition spokesman. “This engagement also confirms with physical evidence that the extremists are linked to the drug trade in southern Afghanistan .”

Category: Terrorism, Afghanistan and Press Release.