Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Tips Lead To Cache Find and Detention of 13 Suspects

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, conduct a patrol in Salman Pak, Iraq.

By Sgt. Natalie Rostek, 3rd HBCT Public Affairs
Aug 29, 2007 - 3:21:07 PM

Blackanthem Military News

FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER, Iraq – Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, detained 13 suspected insurgents Aug. 24 and 25, near Salman Pak.

Company B, 1-15th Inf. Regt., conducted a combat patrol Aug. 24 south of Salman Pak after receiving information of the location of a possible weapons cache.

Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, observed three men conducting suspected insurgent activity at the location.

Company B detained the three suspects and two more who later arrived at the site. No weapons cache was found.

Company A, 1-15th Inf. Regt. conducted a separate air assault Aug. 25 south of Salman Pak after receiving a tip of an insurgent location.

At the site, Soldiers apprehended eight possible insurgents, including a man seen running from the objective with $2,500 and an unknown amount of Iraqi dinar.

Soldiers found a cache at the location that included two AK-47 assault rifles, five AK-47 magazines, a Glock automatic pistol, a military ammunition rig, two pistol holsters, five cellular telephones, extremist propaganda and a letter identifying insurgent groups and government officials.

1-15 Inf. Regt. is part of 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Inf. Div., from Fort Benning, Ga.

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