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Soldiers aid Iraqi man after IED blast near Al Sumalat
Multi-National Division-Baghdad Soldiers came to the aid of an Iraqi citizen after an improvised explosive device detonated in the driveway of a house near Al Sumalat, Iraq June 17. After hearing an explosion, Soldiers from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment saw a damaged vehicle with three passengers pull up to their patrol base. The occupants explained that they had just struck an IED at a nearby house and that one of the passengers had been wounded.The Soldiers immediately offered medical assistance to the man. He was treated on-site for a head wound, observed and later released. Upon investigation of the house, Soldiers from Co. B confirmed that the house was one which insurgents had previously attempted to destroy several weeks earlier. Iraqi Security Forces are currently investigating to find those responsible for the IED attack. Posted by: Fred 2007-06-19 |
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