Release A051008b
Task Force Baghdad Soldiers strike back at terrorists
Multi-National Force-Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Task Force Baghdad Soldiers struck back at terrorist forces after a series of small-arms and roadside bomb attacks Oct. 7 southwest of Baghdad.
Ground forces from 48th Brigade Combat Team and helicopters from Task Force Baghdad successfully repelled the attacks with no injuries or damage to U.S. Soldiers.
After Soldiers took small-arms and rocket-propelled-grenade fire, four improvised explosive devices detonated near their location. The Soldiers established security at the site and searched several houses in the area for anti-Iraqi forces and detained one terror suspect.
About an hour later, Soldiers in the area found an IED consisting of a 155 mm round with detonation cord. The patrol secured the area and called in an explosive ordnance disposal team to destroy the bomb.
The same patrol later found a cache of RPGs, which was also destroyed by the EOD team.
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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS RELEASE, CONTACT THE TASK FORCE BAGHDAD PUBLIC AFFAIRS PLANS AND OPERATIONS NCO, SGT. FIRST CLASS DAVID ABRAMS AT: DAVID.ABRAMS@ID3.ARMY.MIL.
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