IED explodes under MNF vehicle; IEDs found in Balad Ruz
Tikrit, Iraq - An improvised explosive device detonated under a road wheel on an M3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle near Samarra around 5 p.m. Aug. 7. The patrol engaged anti-Iraqi forces in a sedan nearby, but the enemy broke contact. There were no injuries or damages reported.
Iraqi National Guard soldiers found and destroyed two IEDs in Balad Ruz Aug 7.
ING found one IED around 7:15 p.m. They moved the IED to a vacant lot where soldiers secured the area until an explosive ordnance device team destroyed it around 9:30 p.m.
A second IED, consisting of four RPG rounds, was found in Balad Ruz by 1st Infantry Division Soldiers around 8:30 p.m. EOD personnel responded to and disposed of the IED.
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