Operation Eagle Shiloh III results in detention of 17 suspected terrorists

MNF Iraq reports more Terrorists taken off the streets in Mahmudiyah.

CAMP STRIKER, Iraq – Coalition and Iraqi forces detained 17 suspected terrorists during a combat operation in Mahmudiyah, Iraq, Oct. 6.

Soldiers from Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) out of Fort Drum, N.Y., and the 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division conducted Operation Eagle Shiloh III to capture an enemy 120mm mortar cell in the Said Abdulla Corridor, west of Mahmudiyah.

The mortar cell has been wanted for launching indirect fire attacks indiscriminately into the city.

Wanting to surprise terrorists, Soldiers air assaulted into the village and searched houses in the area.

While searching the houses, Soldiers detained 17 suspected terrorists and seized two AK-47s.

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Coalition Forces find cache near Euphrates

Multi-National Division – Center PAO

CAMP STRIKER, Iraq — October 1, 2007. Coalition Forces operating on a tip from concerned local citizens southwest of Rushdi Mullah, Iraq, discovered a cache the morning of Oct. 1.

Soldiers of Company C, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) out of Fort Drum, N.Y., searched the area based on the tip and found a cache.

The cache contained 53 82mm mortar rounds, four 60mm rounds, eight 80mm rockets, 26 68mm flechette rockets, an OG-7V rocket and 200 sticks of propellant.

The weapons cache was destroyed in a controlled detonation by an explosive ordnance disposal team.

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The Bird's The Word

I can't pass this up. Really neat video, and the song brings back some long ago memories when I was desert flying in a UH-1H (Huey).

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Dude where's Waldo?

Looks like a particular "Sniper" taking potshots at our Troops has been given a name. Certain soldiers south of Baghdad are looking for "Waldo", a wannabe terrorist. I don't think I would want to be one of Waldo's close friends unless my life insurance premium was paid up. Watch your back when Waldo is around.

"Dude Where's Waldo?"

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