4th ID Soldier Saved By Protective Plate During Raid

CJTF7 ^ | Jan. 16, 2004

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

4th ID Soldier Saved By Protective Plate During Raid

ABU KHARMA, Iraq – A 4th Infantry Division soldier, saved from more serious injury by his protective body armor and ceramic insert, known as the SAPI (Small Arms Protective Insert) plate, is in stable condition after being wounded by gunfire from attackers in the village of Abu Kharma at approximately 4 a.m. Jan. 14. The Task Force Ironhorse soldier and his patrol were attacked as they conducted a raid as part of Operation Warhorse Whirlwind. Four attackers were killed and one was wounded as a result of the ensuing firefight.

Task Force Ironhorse soldiers raided 28 locations as part of the operation, searching for members of the Fedayeen. They captured 31 individuals, including eight people who were specifically targeted for suspected involvement in anti-Coalition activity.

The soldiers located and confiscated 19 AK-47 assault rifles, one SKS automatic weapon, one PKM machine gun, one RPK machine gun, one pistol, one rocket propelled grenade (RPG) launcher, six RPGs, two wired 155-millimeter artillery rounds, one mortar charge, one 60-millimeter rocket, 15 blocks of PE-4 plastic explosives, ammunition magazines and various types of ammunition, Iraqi military uniforms from the former regime, face hoods and three improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

Release #040116f

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

ABU KHARMA, Iraq – A 4th Infantry Division soldier, saved from more serious injury by his protective body armor and ceramic insert, known as the SAPI (Small Arms Protective Insert) plate, is in stable condition after being wounded by gunfire from attackers in the village of Abu Kharma at approximately 4 a.m. Jan. 14. The Task Force Ironhorse soldier and his patrol were attacked as they conducted a raid as part of Operation Warhorse Whirlwind. Four attackers were killed and one was wounded as a result of the ensuing firefight.

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Operation Warhorse Whirlwind this week: 28 raids, 31 bad guys captured, plenty of weapons ~ and one Fourth Infantry Division Soldier saved.

[Happy2BMe]

4th ID BUMP - God bless our fighting service men and women!

(My son is 7th ID)

IT'S THE SOLDIER

It's the soldier, not the reporter
Who has given us freedom of the
PRESS.

It's the soldier, not the poet,
Who has given us freedom of
SPEECH.

It's the soldier, not the campus
ORGANIZER,
Who has given us the freedom to
DEMONSTRATE

It's the soldier, not the lawyer,
Who has given us the right to a
FAIR TRIAL.
It's the soldier who salutes the flag,
Serves under the flag
And whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who gives the protester the right to burn the flag.

-Father D. E. O'Brien

 

We Must NEVER Forget!

[blam]

" ~ and one Fourth Infantry Division Soldier saved."

Excellent news.

[VOA]

A 4th Infantry Division soldier, saved from more serious injury by his protective body
armor and ceramic insert...is in stable condition after being wounded by gunfire from
attackers in the village of Abu Kharma...

Looks like good body armor equals Good Kharma!

And bad karma for the terrorist bad-boys!

[xJones]

It is great that our soldier was saved from serious (crippling) injury by the plate. The primitives must hate such protecting devices if they even know about them.

The soldiers located and confiscated 19 AK-47 assault rifles, one SKS automatic weapon, one PKM machine gun, one RPK machine gun, one pistol, one rocket propelled grenade (RPG) launcher, six RPGs, two wired 155-millimeter artillery rounds, one mortar charge, one 60-millimeter rocket, 15 blocks of PE-4 plastic explosives, ammunition magazines and various types of ammunition, Iraqi military uniforms from the former regime, face hoods and three improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

Great, and if the idiots had to try and build their own weapons instead of buying from foreigners, sticks and stone would come back into play.

[fightu4it]

Let's see, handcuff their right hands to an iorn post and place that cache of PE-4, with a long fuse, well out of their reach, but not too far. Then give each one a sharp knife, light the fuse, and haul ass.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Please thank your son for his service ~ and thank you!

[coloradan]

They're willing to blow themselves up, I don't think they'd mind at cutting off their arm.

[Southack]

[windchime]

Bump!

[blackie]

Operation Warhorse Whirlwind this week: 28 raids, 31 bad guys captured, plenty of weapons ~ and one Fourth Infantry Division Soldier saved ~ Bump!