Saturday, 21 April 2007
Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070421-07
April 21, 2007
MND-B Soldiers engage insurgents, kill three after discovering IED
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO 1st BCT, 1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs
CAMP TAJI, Iraq – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers engaged three
men involved in improvised explosive device attacks, killing all three near
Tarmiyah, Iraq April 18. One U.S. Soldier was wounded in the engagement.
Soldiers from Company D, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment were
conducting a foot patrol searching for terrorists responsible for IED attacks in the
area when the incident occurred.
While on the patrol, the troops came across a man attempting to emplace
an IED. The man threw his detonator and ran from the Soldiers. The Soldiers
pursued the insurgent to an abandoned house from which objects were thrown at
them. Two other men came at the Soldiers from the direction of the house.
One of the insurgents attacked a Soldier.
Following hand-to-hand
fighting, the insurgent was killed. The Soldier suffered minor injuries.
The other two insurgents, who were carrying an IED, attempted to run but
were engaged by 2-8 Cavalry troops. The two insurgents were killed when the
gunfire detonated the IED.
The wounded Soldier was treated for minor wounds and was then
returned to duty.
There were no other U.S. casualties from the engagement.
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