Soldiers capture IED triggermen
March 27, 2006
TIKRIT, Iraq (Army News Service, March 27, 2006) – Task Force Band of Brothers Soldiers captured two men near Balad Thursday night before they could detonate an IED they had buried alongside a road leading to the city.
Soldiers from 1-8 Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division noticed the men hiding in the trees along the road. The Soldiers deployed to investigate and discovered a spool of wire leading the men’s position.
After questioning the men, the Soldiers quickly found and secured the IED. The troops also confiscated two AK-47 assault rifles, shovels and the detonating device the men were preparing.
Terrorists’ bombs have taken a heavy toll against Iraqi civilians. Four Iraqi’s were killed Friday when a bomb was detonated outside a mosque in Khalis, and 17 civilians in northern Iraq have been wounded by IEDs in the last week alone.
(Editor’s note: Information provided by the 101st Airborne Division.)
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