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Release A051110b

Improvised explosive devices destroyed

Multi-National Force-Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq –Coalition air forces conducted air strikes against two large improvised explosive devices near Ramadi early Nov. 10.

At one location, Coalition forces while conducting routine operations in the area, noticed two large suspicious boxes thought to be improvised explosive devices on the side of the road. Coalition forces decided to destroy it in place.

At a nearby location, a large dead animal was seen on the side of the road. The animal had obvious bulges in the stomach area, and looked like it had been killed and disemboweled recently. Assuming this to be an IED, Coalition forces again decided to destroy it in place.

The use of precision targeted munitions to destroy the IED’s and the timing of the strike mitigated the risk to civilians in the local area.

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