Security forces capture terror suspects, seize weapons

MOSUL, Iraq (MNF) (excerpt)-- Multi-National forces from Task Force Freedom detained 48 suspected terrorists, seized weapons caches, and killed a terrorist during operations in northern Iraq Oct. 3-6. Soldiers from 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment detained six individuals suspected of terrorist activity and killed a terrorist after receiving small arms fire during separate operations in Tal Afar Oct. 3-4.
Soldiers from 3rd ACR seized a weapons cache consisting of AK-47s with multiple magazines, a shotgun with a bandoleer, and an improvised explosive device. While reducing the cache, the unit engaged a suspected terrorist fleeing through a gully (wadi). The individual fled into a safe house where the unit conducted a raid and detained 11 suspected terrorists Oct 4.
Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment detained an individual suspected of terrorist activity during a cordon and search near the Syrian border Oct. 5. Suspects are in custody with no MNF injuries reported. Weapons were confiscated for future destruction.