Courtesy Photo | TALL AFAR, Iraq -- Paratroopers from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry...... read more read more
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Pfc. James Wilt
82nd Airborne Division Public Affairs Office
Task Force White Falcon
TALL AFAR, Iraq " Paratroopers from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division conducted a raid on the outskirts of the city here Nov. 18, 2005.
The night was calm and quite until the rumble of HMMWVs and tracked vehicles broke the silence.
The noise only grew louder as men dismounted the vehicles and began to kick in the doors of houses on the desolate stretch of land.
Like ants searching for food, the Soldiers swarmed into the houses looking for one man, a man connected with insurgent activities here.
Once the paratroopers entered the houses, they contained the residents for questioning and conducted searches of the houses and surrounding land.
Despite questioning the occupants and searching the houses, the raid was
unsuccessful.
The insurgent they were looking for was gone, his own father denying his existence.
After searching several surrounding homes, the Soldiers returned to their vehicles unsuccessful.
The man's capture will have to wait for another day.
Two nights before, the paratroopers had a marked success, finding a cache containing 105 artillery rounds.
Working off of a tip from a local resident, the Soldiers converged on a house at the edge of the city, said 2nd Lt. Nathan Kish, the company fire support officer.
After arriving at the house which was under surveillance by Army helicopters, the company's engineers set to work searching for a cache, Kish said.
The metal detectors the engineers were using soon began to hum as the men began to find artillery rounds lightly concealed by dirt, Kish said.
All of the rounds still containing explosives were taken into a field and destroyed; empty casings were taken to another location for disposal, Kish said
The owner of the property, who apparently was warehousing the improvised explosive device components, was also detained in the operation, Kish said.
| Date Taken: | 11.25.2005 |
| Date Posted: | 11.25.2005 19:37 |
| Story ID: | 3876 |
| Location: | TAL AFAR, IQ |
| Web Views: | 293 |
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