CENTCOM NEWS RELEASES

September 11, 2003
Release Number: 03-09-05

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

4TH ID CAPTURES WEAPONS DEALERS, IED MAKERS

TIKRIT, Iraq – Fourth Infantry Division and Task Force Ironhorse units conducted a series of successful raids and patrols throughout the Task Force area of Operations targeting former regime loyalists suspected of selling weapons and building improvised explosive devices to be used against Coalition forces.

Over the past 24 hours, they conducted 240 patrols and seven raids, including 56 joint patrols conducted with the Iraqi police, Iraqi Civil Defense Corps, and Border Guards. Forty-eight individuals were detained over the period and six were targeted individuals.

In Tikrit, soldiers from 1-22 Infantry Battalion conducted a raid on several buildings which local informants reported as housing subversive elements and workshops used to build IEDs. The raid resulted in uncovering two IED workshops and the detention of five Iraqis suspected of building IEDs.

Confiscated materials include batteries, electrical wire, remote control devices, one IED, chemicals, dynamite, plastic explosives, nine mortar rounds, 36 smoke grenade canisters, 13 plastic grenade casings, five blasting caps, nine fuses, small arms ammunition, two pistols, two AK-47, 15 AK-47 magazines, one shotgun, walkie-talkies, military uniforms, several military training manuals and six million Iraqi dinar.

In additional raids over the past 24 hours, Task Force Ironhorse soldiers seized 33 AK-47s and other weapons to include semi-automatic rifles, shotguns and blasting caps. Three sticks of dynamite, propellant and other bomb making materials were also confiscated.

Fourth Infantry Division and Task Force Ironhorse will continue to pursue former regime loyalists working against Coalition forces and the interests of the free Iraqi people.

September 11, 2003
Release Number: 03-09-06

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ICDC CLASS GRADUATES IN TIKRIT

TIKRIT, Iraq – Soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division graduated their first class of Iraqi Civil Defense Corps trainees Sept. 6 in Tikrit.

The graduating class consisted of 32 Iraqi men who will work with Coalition forces to provide security in Iraqi communities.

The ICDC trainees experienced three weeks of extensive training, which consisted of instruction in manning traffic control points, conducting raids and working to keep Tikrit safe from insurgents.

The ICDC will have officers and non-commissioned officers. The trainees earned their ranks during the training.