Operation Lightning Hammer continues clearing Diyala, brings humanitarian aid
Multi-National Force-Iraq
Monday, 20 August 2007
Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070820-04
August 20, 2007
Operation Lightning Hammer continues clearing Diyala, brings humanitarian aid
Multi-National Division – North PAO
TIKRIT, Iraq – Operation Lightning Hammer continued into its fifth day Aug. 18 as 16,000 Iraqi and Coalition Forces Soldiers worked to secure parts of Diyala province and bring food and medical aid to the people there.
On the evening of Aug. 17, Coalition Forces medics and a physician’s assistant from Troop C, 6-9 Armored Reconnaissance Squadron, provided medical treatment for 30 families in the village of Abu Tina and distributed bags of rice and flour to each family.
The Soldiers also made improvements to the roadways and bridges in the village to improve traffic capacity.
Soldiers from Troop A, 6-9 ARS, delivered eight bags of rice and 15 bags of flour to residents near the village of Majjid Shayya as well as four bags of flour each to families in the village of Ar Ramilat.
Meanwhile, Soldier from 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, conducted an air assault into the village of Qubah and discovered two vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices as well as al-Qaeda in Iraq propaganda there.
Operation Lightning Hammer is part of a wider array of operations across Iraq to destroy al-Qaeda and other enemy militant groups and restore security and necessary services to the Iraqi citizens. The operation closely follows Operation Arrowhead Ripper, which was a major push to clear Diyala’s capital Baqouba of al-Qaeda networks.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT MULTI-NATIONAL DIVISION – NORTH AT: TFLIGHTNING.PAO@US.ARMY.MIL
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