Grinder
14 August 2003, 18:41
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12, 2003 - One U.S. 3rd Armored Cavalry
soldier was killed and two were injured today in Iraq when
their convoy encountered three improvised bombs, according
to a U.S. Central Command news release.
The incident occurred near Ar Ramadi. The wounded soldiers
were treated at the 28th Combat Support Hospital; one has
been returned to duty, according to the release.
Names of the soldiers are being withheld pending
notification of next of kin.
And CENTCOM noted the U.S. 4th Infantry Division and Task
Force Ironhorse have recently launched two raids - part of
Operation Ivy Lightning -- to round up Saddam loyalists
suspected of hiding out in and around the remote Iraqi
towns of Ain Lalin and Quara Tapa.
In Baghdad, the Iraqi capital city, Iraqis and coalition
forces teamed up Aug. 11 to get outlawed weapons and
military ordnance off the streets, according to CENTCOM.
For example, at the village of Tal Alseer, Iraqis working
with the U.S. 1st Marine Expeditionary Force collected one
82 mm mortar tube, hundreds of mortar rounds and one 14.5
mm anti-aircraft gun, plus 16 boxes of ammo.
During a recent raid of a suspected arms dealer, U.S. Army
1st Armored Division soldiers in Iraq confiscated almost
1,500 rounds of small-caliber ammo, 17 AK-47 automatic
weapons, 19 20 mm flares, four grenades, one 9 mm pistol
and one rifle, according to CENTCOM.
In fact, in the past 24 hours, U.S.-coalition forces in
Iraq conducted 32 raids, 825 daytime patrols and 638 night
patrols, noted CENTCOM, which also noted that 122 day
patrols and 83 night patrols have been conducted with Iraqi
police during the same period.
In news from Afghanistan, CENTCOM expressed its regrets for
the Aug. 10 deaths of two Pakistani security troops and the
wounding of another near the Afghan-Pakistani border.
The Pakistanis, the release noted, were mistakenly hit by
coalition close-air support ordnance during a military
operation near Orgun, Afghanistan.
The enemy troops had fired on coalition forces on patrol,
the release noted, and had subsequently retreated, heading
for the Pakistani border when the air strikes were called
up. The incident is under investigation.
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12, 2003 - One U.S. 3rd Armored Cavalry
soldier was killed and two were injured today in Iraq when
their convoy encountered three improvised bombs, according
to a U.S. Central Command news release.
The incident occurred near Ar Ramadi. The wounded soldiers
were treated at the 28th Combat Support Hospital; one has
been returned to duty, according to the release.
Names of the soldiers are being withheld pending
notification of next of kin.
And CENTCOM noted the U.S. 4th Infantry Division and Task
Force Ironhorse have recently launched two raids - part of
Operation Ivy Lightning -- to round up Saddam loyalists
suspected of hiding out in and around the remote Iraqi
towns of Ain Lalin and Quara Tapa.
In Baghdad, the Iraqi capital city, Iraqis and coalition
forces teamed up Aug. 11 to get outlawed weapons and
military ordnance off the streets, according to CENTCOM.
For example, at the village of Tal Alseer, Iraqis working
with the U.S. 1st Marine Expeditionary Force collected one
82 mm mortar tube, hundreds of mortar rounds and one 14.5
mm anti-aircraft gun, plus 16 boxes of ammo.
During a recent raid of a suspected arms dealer, U.S. Army
1st Armored Division soldiers in Iraq confiscated almost
1,500 rounds of small-caliber ammo, 17 AK-47 automatic
weapons, 19 20 mm flares, four grenades, one 9 mm pistol
and one rifle, according to CENTCOM.
In fact, in the past 24 hours, U.S.-coalition forces in
Iraq conducted 32 raids, 825 daytime patrols and 638 night
patrols, noted CENTCOM, which also noted that 122 day
patrols and 83 night patrols have been conducted with Iraqi
police during the same period.
In news from Afghanistan, CENTCOM expressed its regrets for
the Aug. 10 deaths of two Pakistani security troops and the
wounding of another near the Afghan-Pakistani border.
The Pakistanis, the release noted, were mistakenly hit by
coalition close-air support ordnance during a military
operation near Orgun, Afghanistan.
The enemy troops had fired on coalition forces on patrol,
the release noted, and had subsequently retreated, heading
for the Pakistani border when the air strikes were called
up. The incident is under investigation.