Tuesday, June 19, 2007

3-1 CAV Seizes Multiple Caches Near Jisr Diyala

Electrical circuits and electrical cords, commonly used in road-side bombs, seized during 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment Operation Destroyer Strike June 18 near Tuwaitha.

MAJ. JOE SOWERS
3/3RD INF. DIV. PAO

FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER, Iraq — Multiple
caches were seized Sunday near Tuwaitha as a part of Coalition Forces efforts to eliminate insurgent sanctuaries southeast of Baghdad.

Soldiers from Company D, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, who are currently attached to 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, detained four individuals. Two detainees provided the Coalition Forces the location of multiple cache sites. Soldiers seized 29 cell phones, three AK-47 assault rifles, body armor and ammunition at the cache sites.

The 3-1 Cav. and the 1-15 Inf. are assigned to the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, from Fort Benning, Ga.

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