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Release A050905e

Task Force Liberty Soldiers detain terrorists following mortar attack

Multi-National Force-Iraq

TIKRIT, Iraq – Task Force Liberty Soldiers detained six terrorists suspected of carrying out a mortar attack against a Coalition base near Balad at about 5 a.m. Sept. 5.

Eleven terrorists were killed when the task force responded to the attack.

Four of those eventually detained were wounded in the counter attack.

Troops located two groups of attackers with a Coalition unmanned aerial vehicle and engaged them. The UAV was also used to track the wounded, who were observed being loaded into two vehicles at one of the mortar sites. The vehicles took the wounded to a hospital in Khalis in Diyala Province .

Following coordination with the provincial Joint Coordination Center and Iraqi Security forces, a Task Force Liberty combat patrol investigated and detained the four.

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For more information, please contact THE 42ND Infantry Division Public Affairs Office 42 ID PAO at fortysecond.id.pao@us.army.MIL