Raid nets Terrorists in Tal Afar

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TFF Press Release (excerpt)
MOSUL, IRAQ (July 29, 2005)
Soldiers from 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment detained six individuals suspected of terrorist activity during a raid in Tal Afar Thursday. Suspects are in custody with no MNF injuries reported.

21 terrorist detained Sunday by 3rd ACR

(TFF Press Release)
MOSUL, IRAQ (July 25, 2005) – Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-National Forces from Task Force Freedom detained 42 suspected terrorists and seized a number of weapons during operations in northern Iraq Sunday.
Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment detained 18 individuals suspected of terrorist activity during a raid northwest of Tal Afar. Soldiers from 1st Squadron also detained three individuals suspected of terrorist activity while patrolling near the Syrian border. Soldiers from 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment detained three individuals suspected of terrorist activity during a raid west of Tal Afar.

Residents fleeing Tal Afar

MOSUL, Iraq (CNN) -- As U.S. soldiers construct a wall around the troubled city of Tal Afar to keep out fighters and weapons, residents are fleeing in fear of an imminent military attack by American and Iraqi forces against insurgents still in the city, according to a senior military commander.
"It's not a mass exodus right now, but people have moved out of the city along kinship lines," Col. H.R. McMaster, commander of the Army's 3rd Armored Cavalry, which is responsible for security in Tal Afar, told CNN.
Soldiers have been moving earth to construct a trench and a berm around Tal Afar, forcing traffic to go through rather than around security checkpoints. U.S. Army engineers in Mosul have recently completed a 64-kilometer dirt berm around that city to stem the flow of insurgents and weapons.
McMaster said he believes recent arrests in Tal Afar and at the Syrian border have significantly disrupted the insurgency's ability to operate. But he said insurgents and foreign fighters in parts of the city are continuing to terrorize the population.

Two 3rd ACR Soldiers killed in Tal Afar, One in Bagdad

The Department of Defense announced the death of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

PFC Eric P. Woods, 26, of Omaha, Neb., died on July 9 in Tal Afar, Iraq. His HMMWV struck an improvised explosive device that caused the vehicle to overturn. PFC Woods was in the area to evacuate another soldier who had been wounded. PFC Woods was assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.

SPC Hoby F. Bradfield Jr., 22, of The Woodlands, Texas, died July 9 in Tal Afar, Iraq while he was conducting a dismounted cordon search. SPC Bradfield was assigned to the Army's 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.

Sgt. Timothy J. Sutton, 22, of Springfield, Mo., died on July 11 in Baghdad, Iraq, where his HMMWV struck a land mine. Sutton was assigned to the Army's 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.

Our sympathies go out to the families and friends of these young men.

SF kill 14 terrorists, detain five suspects

TFF Press Release

MOSUL, IRAQ (July 11, 2005) – Multi-National Forces from Task Force Freedom killed 14 terrorists and detained five suspected terrorists during operations in northern Iraq today and Sunday.
Soldiers from 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment killed 10 terrorists during an attack in Tal Afar today. In a separate operation Soldiers from the 2nd Squadron killed four terrorists after being attacked with small arms fire in Tal Afar Sunday. No MNF injuries were reported during the operations.
Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment detained two individuals suspected of terrorist activity during a cordon and search operation in eastern Mosul today. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment detained two individuals suspected of terrorist activity while patrolling in western Mosul Sunday. Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment detained one individual suspected of terrorist activity during a raid west of Tal Afar today. Suspects are in custody with no MNF injuries reported.

3rd ACR Casualty in Tal Afar

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
SSG Jeremy A. Brown, 26, of Mabscott, W.Va., died July 3 in Mosul Iraq, from injuries sustained earlier that day in Tal Afar, Iraq, where the HMMWV in which he was riding accidentally rolled over. Brown was assigned to the Army's 66th Military Intelligence Company, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, CO.

(TFF Press Release)
MOSUL, IRAQ (July 5, 2005) – Multi-National Forces from Task Force Freedom killed one terrorist, injured another two, and detained six suspected terrorists during operations in northern Iraq today.
Soldiers from 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment were hit with small arms fire while patrolling in Tal Afar. They returned fire killing one terrorist and injuring another two. The injured terrorists will be detained following treatment. No MNF injuries were reported during the incident

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