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2005 Archive

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January 14

• News Releases

• Multi-National Forces confiscate weapons, detain 5

• Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-National Forces detain 13

• Iraqi police colonel rescued by cavalry unit

• Troops detain 6 suspected in Baghdad governor slaying

• Iraqi boy helps lead troops to diffusion of roadside bomb

• Multi-National Forces kill one insurgent, detain four individuals

• Cavalry troops uncover IED factory, terrorist cell

• Bomb maker detained by 10th Mountain Division unit in Baghdad

• 10th Mountain troops detain two suspected insurgent leaders in western Baghdad

• Airborne troops discover large weapons cache

• Iraqi National Guardsmen and MNF deliver heaters to local schools

• Multi-National Forces detain two

• Multi-National Forces find and destroy weapons cache

• Multi-National Forces detain 14, confiscate weapons

• Soldiers find roadside bomb in Baghdad

• Multi-National Forces detain 9 in Mosul

• Stryker team successfully defeats anti-Iraqi insurgents

• ING and MNF thwart car bomb attempt

• Multi-National Forces detain 17 during operations in northern Iraq

• MNF and local contractors work to improve Northern Iraq infrastructure

• Iraqi guardsmen help local students stay warm

• Car bomb attack leads to the capture of 30 terrorists

• Iraqi child gives cache of equipment to Multi-National Force Soldiers

• Soldiers uncover cache south of Baghdad

• Reinforcements arrive in Mosul, initiate joint operations with Iraqi Security Forces

• Child's tip leads Multi-National Soldiers to a large weapons cache, truck bomb

• Two arrested for inciting anti-Iraqi violence

• 1/25 SBCT Soldiers earn combat patches in Iraq

• Doctor's tip leads to arrest of two terrorists

• Multi-National Forces detain two

• Fifth attack on southeast police station results in fifth defeat for insurgents

• Elements of 82nd Airborne Division arrive in Mosul

• Iraqi Security Forces detain six, defeat insurgents' coordinated attacks

• Insurgents use mosque to conduct attacks; MNF detains 15

• News Articles

• 141st Engineer Combat Battalion members man the 'TAC'

• 3ID 'Raiders' see changes in Kuwait

• Gallant actions earn Soldier Bronze Star

• Cavalry engineers oversee treatment plant restorations

• Paratroopers dig in on Haifa Street

• First Team general congratulates Iraqi Regular Army's rebirth

• Reserve first responders form rescue team in Iraq

• Task Force Baghdad secures Salman Pak as part of 'Operation Triple Play'

• Cavalry moves in on insurgents near Euphrates

• 1st Cavalry Division Soldiers get 'Vandalized'

• 1st Cavalry Division teams with Marines south of Baghdad

January 28

News Articles

• Four suspected insurgents captured

• Seizures and detainments on the rise, adding to election security

• Multi-National Forces capture four suspected insurgents

• Multi-National Forces capture 28 suspected insurgents

• Four individuals detained by Multi-National Forces in Mosul area

• Iraqi citizen's tip leads to defusing of roadside bomb

• Multi-National Forces detain six

• Iraqis net 'top suspect' among scores of recent detentions

• Multi-National Forces detain sixteen

• Forty-two suspected insurgents detained in Mosul area

• Eight suspected insurgents detained during operations in Mosul

• Another insurgent attack from mosque leads to detention of one

• Three insurgents killed by Multi-National Forces

• Crackdown on insurgents continues in preparation for elections

• Three insurgents die in attack on MNF

• Multi-National Forces capture nine suspected insurgents

• Multi-National Forces capture five suspected insurgents

• Multi-National Forces detain four

• Search and seizures continue to increase as elections near

• Multi-National Forces detain four and seize bomb equipment

• Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-National Forces detain nine

• More troops arrive to bolster security

• Early morning raid nets large cache of munitions and explosives south of Baghdad

• Two IEDs uncovered by Task Force Baghdad Soldiers

• Multi-National Forces find weapons cache following attack

• Multi-National Force Soldiers detain 23

• Soldiers uncover explosive devices in north Babil

• Weapons cache found; destroyed by Soldiers

• Ten insurgent suspects detained at traffic control point in eastern Baghdad

• Two separate attacks lead to death of three insurgents

• Multi-National Forces confiscate weapons and capture 11

• 1st Cavalry Division aviation unit honored by Army

• Tip leads base security to bomb site near Camp Taji

• Raids net six suspected insurgents, explosives and weapons

• Insurgents use mosque to attack MNF again

• Iraqi National Guard and Multi-National Forces confiscate weapons, detain 16