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| Iraq |
| Task Force Ironhorse Soldiers Fight Back |
| 2004-01-16 |
| TIKRIT, Iraq – Attackers riding in a four-door sedan, fired automatic weapons at a logistics convoy that was traveling north on the Samarra bypass during the morning of Jan. 14. Soldiers in the convoy returned fire and destroyed the vehicle. A quick reaction force from a nearby forward operating base responded as the convoy continued toward its destination. No Coalition soldiers were injured in the attack. The vehicle was completely engulfed by fire so the soldiers from the quick reaction force could not determine whether or not the attackers sustained casualties. Two attackers were killed after a Task Force Ironhorse Patrol saw the men and two other men digging southeast of Khalis in the evening of Jan. 14. The men attempted to flee as the soldiers approached. The soldiers warned them to stop then fired warning shots prior to firing at the men. Soldiers were unable to catch the other two men. Two individuals using automatic weapons and an improvised explosive device (IED) attacked a patrol from Task Force Ironhorse during the evening of Jan. 13 south of Jalula. Soldiers returned fire and killed one of the attackers. As soldiers were searching for the other attacker, who escaped, they discovered remnants from two additional IEDs with wires running 100 meters to a remote detonation switch. The soldiers also found one machine gun and one hand grenade near the IED emplacement site. After turning over the remains of the dead attacker, the soldiers continued their patrol and stopped an automobile with five occupants. The soldiers searched the vehicle and found the second wounded attacker in the trunk. He was taken under guard to a nearby hospital for treatment. No Coalition soldiers were injured in the incident. |
| Posted by:Chuck Simmins |
| #1 Mind if we look in the trunk, son? Hmmm, looky here, a bleeding Baathist. Y'all be coming along quietly now, wontcha? |
| Posted by: R. McLeod 2004-1-16 1:50:37 PM |