AIF attack Al Thawra District Council
Baghdad - Four Iraqi Intervention Forces were killed, six were wounded and three Task Force Baghdad Soldiers were wounded while thwarting an anti-Iraqi force attack on the Al Thawra District Council, in Sadr City around 1:30 p.m. Aug. 8.
The building received rocket-propelled-grenade fire and small-arms fire.
"The IIF performance there was exemplary," said Col. Robert "Abe" Abrams, commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. "Because of their courage and tenacity, the militia's attack was repelled."
The incident is under investigation.
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