Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070221-17
Feb. 21, 2007

Iraqi Police conduct operation Shurta Nasir to clear Hit of insurgents
Multi-National Force – West PAO

HIT, Iraq – Nearly 500 Iraqi Police from Hit recently conducted Operation Shurta Nasir (Police Victory) meant to clear the town of terrorists and identify a new location for new police stations. The operation was supported by a combined force of 1,000 Iraqi Army and Coalition Force soldiers.

This was the first large scale Iraqi police planned and led operation in western Iraq this year and included nearly 100 recent graduates from the Jordanian International Police Training Academy. Elements from 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army Division and Task Force 2-7 cordoned off the area to assist the police as they conducted their clearing operations.
       
The operation comes within a week of 2nd Battalion, 7th Mechanized Infantry, also known as Task Force 2-7, taking over jurisdiction of the Hit area as part of their third Operation Iraqi Freedom deployment.
       
The operation in this city of roughly 100,000 inhabitants included raids, targeted searches and clearing operations, netting 13 known terrorists and one large cache. It is believed that a number of terrorists went into hiding once the operation began.
       
With the assistance of Police Transition Teams, the Iraqi Police also began construction of two new police stations to meet the demands of the growing department.
       
Regimental Combat Team-2 is responsible for training, mentoring and operating alongside Iraqi security forces to assist them in assuming responsibility for their own security.