Multi-National Forces (MNF) from Task Force Freedom detained 48 suspected insurgents, seized weapons caches, and killed an insurgent during operations in northern Iraq on October 3-6, said an MNF statement. The statement said 16 individuals were detained and multiple AK-47s along with full magazines and other weapons seized during separate operations in Mosul, on October 4-6." It added that six individuals "suspected of terrorist activity" were also arrested during separate operations in eastern Mosul on October 3 and 6, while five other individuals "suspected of terrorist activity" were detained during two operations in eastern Mosul on October 5.In Tal Afar, US troops detained six individuals "suspected of terrorist activity and killed a terrorist" after receiving small arms fire during separate operations on October 3-4. -- Three individuals "suspected of terrorist activity" were also arrested and three weapons caches seized during separate operations in Tal Afar on October 4-5. The statement said one of the weapons seized was a result of an Iraqi citizen's tip. Also seized was a weapons cache consisting of AK-47s with multiple magazines, a shotgun with a bandoleer, and an improvised explosive device. While reducing the cache, the unit engaged a suspected terrorist fleeing through a gully, said the statement. The individual fled into a safe house where "the unit conducted a raid and detained 11 suspected terrorists on Oct 4, " added the statement.
US troops also detained an individual "suspected of terrorist activity" during a cordon and search near the Syrian border on October 5. Weapons were also confiscated. And near Qayyarah, US soldiers seized a weapons cache during a search operation on October 3. The cache included rocket propelled grenades, various rockets, RPG boosters, mines, and an artillery round.
Meanwhile, an Iraqi police source in Kirkuk said that two civilians were killed and three policemen were injured in the explosion of a car bomb at the passage of a police patrol in central Kirkuk. In another development in the southern province of Misan, four explosive devices planted on the roadside were defused.