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Combat Outpost Shocker ( COP Shocker) was a United States Coalition base in Zurbatiyah, a city in southern Iraq that is located a few miles from Iran The base is located parallel to Iraqi 3rd Region BDE
U.S. Building Military Base Near Iraqi-Iranian Border3-1 Cav. Regt. Soldiers are in it together at COP Shocker
* ttp://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/pp093007.shtml US BUILDING MILITARY BASE NEAR IRAQI-IRANIAN BORDER br>Weapons stockpiles destroyed near Iranian borderWar Inches Closer to IranIraq rocket attack kills three American soldiersCOP Shocker receives new entertainment system
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Combat Outpost Shocker ( COP Shocker) was a United States Coalition base in Zurbatiyah, a city in southern Iraq that is located a few miles from Iran The base is located parallel to Iraqi 3rd Region BDE Department of Border Enforcement
The Ministry of Interior (MOI) is the government body charged with overseeing policing and border control in Iraq. The MOI comprises several agencies, including the Iraqi Police, Highway Patrol, Traffic Department, Emergency Response Unit, Expl ...
(DBE). Assigned to the base were a contingent of Iraq Assistance Group Military transition team
A Military Transition Team or Transition Team, commonly abbreviated as MiTT, in the context of the United States Military, is a 10 – 15 soldier team that trains foreign national and local security forces. The term has been used in the "War on Ter ...
s, United States Border Patrol
The United States Border Patrol (USBP) is a Federal law enforcement in the United States, federal law enforcement agency under the United States' U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Customs and Border Protection and is responsible for securing ...
and U.S. Canine unit.
Rocket attack
On 29 June 2011, Iranian-backedKata'ib Hezbollah
Kata'ib Hezbollah ( ar, كتائب حزب الله, lit=Battalions of the Party of God)—or the Hezbollah Battalions—is a radical Iraqi Shiite paramilitary group which is part of the Popular Mobilization Forces backed by Iran. During the Ir ...
, also known as the Hezbollah Brigades fired IRAM rockets that struck COP Shocker. (Video of the attack) The attack resulted in the deaths of three Army soldiers, Captain Matthew G. Nielson, Captain David E. Van Camp and Sergeant Robert G. Tenney Jr.
Transfer of base
On 30 July 2011, the United States military turned over responsibility of COP Shocker to the Iraqi 3rd Region BDEDepartment of Border Enforcement
The Ministry of Interior (MOI) is the government body charged with overseeing policing and border control in Iraq. The MOI comprises several agencies, including the Iraqi Police, Highway Patrol, Traffic Department, Emergency Response Unit, Expl ...
(DBE).
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U.S. Building Military Base Near Iraqi-Iranian Border
* ttp://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/pp093007.shtml US BUILDING MILITARY BASE NEAR IRAQI-IRANIAN BORDER br>Weapons stockpiles destroyed near Iranian border
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