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January 2004 Battalion Time Line ~~~~~ 720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association History Project ~~~~~ |
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13 January, Kirkuk In an early morning raid in Kirkuk, troops of the 720th MP Battalion, acting on Iraqi-provided information, detained four nephews of General Ibrahim Al-Duri, vice chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council, sixth on the coalition's list of the 55 most-wanted former regime officials and the most important resistant on the loose. They are accused of providing help to their uncle and are under interrogation. |
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24 January, 0910 Hours, Samarra A truck bomb exploded at 9:10AM near government buildings in Samarra, about 70 miles north of Baghdad, barely missing a 401st MP Company patrol parked across the roadway from the government building while awaiting Iraqi Police to join them in a joint patrol of the city. The blast killed four Iraqi civilians and wounded about 40 people. There were no U.S. soldiers wounded in attack, inside or outside the building. The soldiers inside the government building were in the middle rooms and suffered brief hearing loss and ringing in their ears. Four (4) members of one of the 401st MP Company squads parked on the roadway were outside of their vehicles at the time of the explosion. 1LT Alexis Marks, SSG Donnie Jones and SGT Tina Costa were knocked to the ground by the blast. CPL Seth A. Johnson was in the turret of his vehicle and was struck with shrapnel on the left side of his kevlar vest and knocked down into the interior of the vehicle. He lost his hearing for approximately an hour. The team leader, SGT Kristy Martin, and the medic, SGT Brown, checked the squad members for wounds and found none. The explosion set fire to a half-dozen cars parked near the buildings, which included a police station and municipal offices, and gouged a large crater in the street. CPT Jennifer K. Knight, Commanding Officer of the 401st was in Tikrit at the time of the incident and responded to the scene arriving at approximately 1100 hours (11:00AM).
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