101st assaults camp in ‘war’s biggest raid on terror’ [Eve of 9-11]

Army News Service ^ | Sept. 16, 2003 | Pfc. Chris Jones

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

101st assaults camp in ‘war’s biggest raid on terror’

By Pfc. Chris Jones
September 16, 2003

Soliders of the 101st kick in a door during a raid on a suspected terrorist camp in Southwest Iraq. During the raid, they detained 79 suspected terrorists.
Pfc. Chris Jones

SOUTHWEST IRAQ (Sept. 16, 2003) -- On the eve of the second anniversary of the biggest terrorist attack ever against the United States, Soldiers of the 101st countered with their own attack, capturing 79 suspected terrorists.

Before dawn on Sept. 10, a light force of soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) stormed a suspected terrorist training camp in Southwest Iraq. Soldiers from Company B of the 502nd Infantry Regiment and Pathfinder Company’s 6th Battalion led the charge.

The soldiers rehearsed the raid for two days before the attack, including night drills.

Before dawn, six Chinooks were filled with infantrymen and a small team of engineers from 326th Engineer Battalion. The choppers landed on the outskirts of the camp. The infantry platoon secured the housing area while the pathfinders targeted all other places. Once the area was secured, the infantry platoon and pathfinders cleared outlying buildings.

In less than four hours, the site was secured.

With 79 suspected terrorists detained, it was the biggest raid against terrorism in the war, said Lt. Col. Steve Countouriotis, commander of 6th Battalion. Along with the suspects, the Soldiers found a stash of $60,000 and more than one million Iraqi dinar. They also uncovered weapons caches and electronic devices.

(Editors note: Pfc. Chris Jones is a journalist with the 40th Public Affairs Detachment.)

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

 

 Thanks, Tonkin!

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Details of last week's raid.

On the eve of the second anniversary of the biggest terrorist attack ever against the United States, Soldiers of the 101st countered with their own attack, capturing 79 suspected terrorists.

Preemption.

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[Prodigal Son]

Good job Screamin' Eagles.

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for posting this.

Of course the lying left wing lunatics who control our media, and the rats in congress will ignore this good news.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Correction: Eve of 9-11 = Morning of 9-10 (= Morning of 9-11 Eve, lol).

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Grampa Dave, did you see the news coming out of the Iraqi press? They don't like the way our press is misrepresenting them and are doing some good work.

They want to bring joy to Iraq after all the doom and gloom from Saddam and Western/Arab media:

8 Iraqi entrepreneurs to launch 24 hour tv channel ~ Iraq Press  | 9/17/03

[Dog]

It was a raid on a terror camp.

[colorado tanker]

So these jihadis didn't "fight to the death"? Didn't they want their virgins?

[XJarhead]

I'm not expert on Army organization, but this struck me as kinda weird:

and Pathfinder Company’s 6th Battalion led the charge

Since when do companies have 6 battalions? Or is that some unique nomenclature applicable to Pathfinder units?

[sheik yerbouty]

They got a preview of what those "virgins" looked like!

[A Simple Soldier]

Pathfinder Company is in 6th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment. Only Pathfinder company in the US Army.

Poor word order.

[norton]

They had 525 extra guys and a headquarters detachment just sitting around so they decided to give them some OJT?

[TXnMA]

Wonder if the 101st's Eagles got to make a genuine Air Assault insertion (rappelling from Blackhawks)...

Their counterparts in the 82nd jumped into Iraq during GW#1 -- from trucks!

[TXnMA]

Note to self: Dummy! Read the article!!!

Before dawn, six Chinooks were filled with infantrymen and a small team of engineers from 326th Engineer Battalion. The choppers landed on the outskirts of the camp.

They walked in!

(Where's the fun in that...)

[Alamo-Girl]

Bump!

[blackie]

We're smoking out and rounding up the the bad guys ~ at times, more than one!

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

So these jihadis didn't "fight to the death"? Didn't they want their virgins?

It took 'em a week to clean up the sight and put out the story. Perhaps a few jihadists didn't walk away.

Amnesty Int'l's saddened.

[mystery-ak]

I wonder if they were using Mike's Chinooks?

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Bump for m-a's Mike. No internet cafe, yet?

[jwalsh07]

Bumping for the Army!