NO SLACK FOR INSURGENT CELL LEADERS
Release Date:
4/10/2006
Release Number:
06-04-01P
Description:
KIRKUK, Iraq – Bastogne Soldiers of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division captured two suspected terror cell leaders, along with eight other alleged insurgents, during combined cordon and search missions with an Iraqi Police
Emergency Services Unit in Kirkuk April 7.
Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment (the “No Slack” battalion) of the 1st BCT provided oversight as police searched two homes belonging to a suspected Islamic Army cell leader wanted in connection with a plot to kidnap a project manager for an environmental corporation working in the region. The reported cell leader and six other individuals present in the homes at the time were detained and are being questioned by the Iraqi Police.
A short time after this successful operation, “No Slack” Soldiers and the ESU detained three Arab males during a cordon and search of two more houses. One of the three detainees is suspected of being the leader of a terror cell responsible for infrastructure attacks in and around Kirkuk. These detainees were taken to a nearby U.S. military compound for questioning.
In addition to the two suspected cell leaders, Bastogne Soldiers, working alongside Iraqi Security Forces, have captured 60 terror suspects in the past three days, including a terrorist who has been financing and leading infrastructure attacks in Riyadh, southwest of Kirkuk.
The 1st Brigade Combat Team has been fighting alongside and training the Iraqi Army and Police since deploying to Kirkuk in November of last year. Missions such as these continue to move the Iraqi Security Forces toward taking the lead in the security of the region.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE AT EDWARD.LOOMIS@US.ARMY.MIL, JEFFREY.ALLEN1@US.ARMY.MIL, TERRY.L.WEBSTER@US.ARMY.MIL AND CHRISTOPHER.PEAVY@US.ARMY.MIL.
Release Date:
4/10/2006
Release Number:
06-04-01P
Description:
KIRKUK, Iraq – Bastogne Soldiers of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division captured two suspected terror cell leaders, along with eight other alleged insurgents, during combined cordon and search missions with an Iraqi Police
Emergency Services Unit in Kirkuk April 7.
Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment (the “No Slack” battalion) of the 1st BCT provided oversight as police searched two homes belonging to a suspected Islamic Army cell leader wanted in connection with a plot to kidnap a project manager for an environmental corporation working in the region. The reported cell leader and six other individuals present in the homes at the time were detained and are being questioned by the Iraqi Police.
A short time after this successful operation, “No Slack” Soldiers and the ESU detained three Arab males during a cordon and search of two more houses. One of the three detainees is suspected of being the leader of a terror cell responsible for infrastructure attacks in and around Kirkuk. These detainees were taken to a nearby U.S. military compound for questioning.
In addition to the two suspected cell leaders, Bastogne Soldiers, working alongside Iraqi Security Forces, have captured 60 terror suspects in the past three days, including a terrorist who has been financing and leading infrastructure attacks in Riyadh, southwest of Kirkuk.
The 1st Brigade Combat Team has been fighting alongside and training the Iraqi Army and Police since deploying to Kirkuk in November of last year. Missions such as these continue to move the Iraqi Security Forces toward taking the lead in the security of the region.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE AT EDWARD.LOOMIS@US.ARMY.MIL, JEFFREY.ALLEN1@US.ARMY.MIL, TERRY.L.WEBSTER@US.ARMY.MIL AND CHRISTOPHER.PEAVY@US.ARMY.MIL.
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