CENTCOM NEWS RELEASES

August 8, 2003
Release Number: 03-08-16

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SOLDIER DIES OF GUNSHOT WOUND

BAGHDAD, Iraq – An 82nd Airborne Division soldier died of a gunshot wound at approximately 9:45 pm on Aug. 7 while on guard duty in the Al Mansor District of Baghdad.

The soldier was transported to a nearby medical facility for treatment and subsequently died from wounds received.

The soldier's name is being withheld pending next-of-kin notification.

The incident is under investigation.



August 8, 2003
Release Number: 03-08-17

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SOLDIER DIES IN SLEEP

BAGHDAD, Iraq – A 4th Infantry Division soldier died while sleeping at a base camp in the town of Kirkush on Aug. 8.

The soldier's name is being withheld pending next-of-kin notification.

The incident is under investigation.


August 9, 2003
Release Number: 03-08-18

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MISSILES, WEAPONS CONFISCATED

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Weapons were confiscated and improvised explosive devices were found and detonated by Coalition forces over the last 24 hours in support of the effort to create a safer and more secure environment in Iraq.

Twenty-four rocket-propelled grenade launchers, four rocket-propelled grenade missiles, 97 rifle grenades, 110 rocket-propelled grenade boosters and 200 rounds of ammunition were confiscated in a 1st Armored Division raid, acting on a tip from a local source, in Baghdad.

In another incident, three ROLAND surface-to-air missiles were found wrapped in clear plastic by a 1st AD patrol in Baghdad. An explosive ordnance detachment removed the missiles for future disposal.

Meanwhile, 11 mortar tubes and one surface-to-air missile were seized in a 4th Infantry Division raid, acting on a tip from a local source, at a former regime loyalist mortar systems location in the Ba’qubah area. In another 4th ID raid, 13 former regime loyalists were captured and 47 AK-47s were confiscated.

Local Iraqi citizens also turned in two rocket-propelled grenade launchers and one 60 mm complete mortar system to the 4th ID in the Ba’qubah area.

Two improvised explosive devices consisting of 155-mm rounds that were primed and ready to fire in the Mosul area were disarmed without incident by soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) due to information received from a local source.

In the last 24 hours, coalition forces conducted 18 raids, 949 day patrols and 728 night patrols and conducted 175 day patrols and 158 night patrols jointly with Iraqi police.