Iraqi citizens thwart car bomb attack

ARNEWS ^ | Nov 17, 2005 | Maj. Russ Goemaere

[SandRat]

BAGHDAD (Army News Service, Nov. 17, 2005) -- Alert Iraqi neighborhood watch members in east Baghdad stopped a potential car bomb attack Nov. 15.

Shortly before 6 p.m., local residents noticed a suspicious vehicle getting fuel from a roadside gasoline dealer.

When the neighborhood watch members approached the driver, he pulled a pistol and pointed it at them and then attempted to flee.

“The citizens tried to stop the suspect but were unsuccessful,” said Oday Fakhan, the leader of the neighborhood watch in the area.

As he fled, the would-be car bomber attempted to highjack a get-away vehicle at gunpoint, but failed in his first attempt. The driver of another vehicle, a taxi, allowed the suspect to enter and took him to a neighborhood in Baladiat, a suburb in east Baghdad. Iraqi Police were called in and secured the area around the suspicious vehicle.

The taxi driver returned to the scene after dropping off the suspect.

“The taxi driver told us that during the ride, the suspect used his cell phone to call his uncle to inform him that the operation had failed,” Fakhan said. Iraqi Police interviewed the taxi driver and got a description of the suspect. A search is ongoing.

An Iraqi Police explosives ordnance disposal team was called to the scene to investigate the suspicious vehicle and found it was wired with five 155-millimeter artillery rounds and other explosives embedded in the trunk and doors. The Iraqi EOD team deactivated the explosives. The car and explosives were moved to the Rusafa Police Station for further investigation.

Iraqi, U.S. forces secure suicide car bomb site

Iraqi Security Forces and Task Force Baghdad Soldiers responded to reports of a suicide car bomb detonating in east Baghdad shortly before 7 a.m. Nov. 15. At least four Iraqi civilians and two Iraqi Police were killed in the terrorist attack which took place outside a restaurant. Eight other civilians were wounded.

Task Force Baghdad Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, joined by Iraqi Police secured the site.

More IED munitions uncovered

During combat operations in south Baghdad, Soldiers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division discovered a weapons cache Nov. 15.

As they conducted a cordon and search of a farm, Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment uncovered a cache of 22 60-millimeter mortar rounds and 18 fuses.

The 2nd Bn., 502nd Inf. Soldiers secured the site and an explosives ordnance disposal team performed a controlled detonation on the IED munitions.

(Editor’s note: Several articles were combined by ARNEWS staff member Sgt. Ken Hall for this report. Contributors included Sgt. 1st Class David Abrams, Task Force Baghdad Public Affairs, Maj. Russ Goemaere, 2nd Brigade Combat Team PAO, 101st Airborne Division.)

[SandRat]

Gee,.... I guess the alphabet Spews and Kongrats forgot to mention this. < /extreme sarc and derision off

[speed_addiction]

This is the CNN/Mainstream Media Hate Bush at all costs version below:

November 17, 2005

BAGHDAD (Healing White Light News Service, Nov. 17, 2005)

-- Thuggish Coalition collaborators in east Baghdad stopped a potential freedom fighter operation Nov. 15.

Shortly before 6 p.m., local residents noticed an innocent vehicle getting fuel from a roadside gasoline dealer.

When the collaborators approached the driver, he pulled a stuffed toy and tried to give it to them and then was forced to flee for his life.

“The collaborators tried to kill the freedom fighter but were unsuccessful,” said Oday Fakhan, the leader of the Iraqi Citizens for Emperor Bush in the area.

As he fled, the would-be freedom fighter attempted to gain assistance from a passing motorist, who spit on him and drove away. The driver of another vehicle, a taxi, allowed the innocent man to enter and took him to a neighborhood in Baladiat, a suburb in east Baghdad. Iraqi Fascist Police were called in and secured the area around the innocent vehicle.

The taxi driver returned to the scene after dropping off the charming young man.

“The taxi driver told us that during the ride, the suspect used his cell phone to call his uncle to inform him that Karl Rove tried to kill him,” Fakhan said. Iraqi Police interviewed the taxi driver and got a description of the young man and his stuffed animal. A search is ongoing.

An Iraqi Police explosives ordnance disposal team was called to the scene to investigate the innocent vehicle and found it was filled with toys and candy for all the orphans George Bush created when he killed their parents with illegal cluster bombs and napalm. The Iraqi Facist EOD team blew up the toys and candy.


What We Are About To Do Here Is What The Good Lord Would Call A Cleansing of the Wicked. I Call It A Good Old Fashioned Texas Ass Kicking.

[yldstrk]

heh heh

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Terrific!!!!!!

[speed_addiction]

I copied it off of another board. One of the members there has a unique talent for skewering news stories like this.


What We Are About To Do Here Is What The Good Lord Would Call A Cleansing of the Wicked. I Call It A Good Old Fashioned Texas Ass Kicking.

[theDentist]

What is with that neighborhood? According to Congressman Murthafarker they hate all Americans and are trying to kill them.

[Parley Baer]

Neighborhood watch program. Lots of interesting things going on in Iraq which we never hear of. Sounds to me like we are well on the way to winning the war. We have taken the war right to the Syrian border and maybe a little beyond. Hehehehehehe. No safe havens left for the terrorists.

[theDentist]

There was a report a month or 2 ago about a crew of them who tried to move a mortar into a neighborhood to attack green zone. They stored the mortar in engine compartment.
They set it up but when they tried to drop in a round, boom! 2 killed. 3rd injured. He tried to hide but people came out and started beating the hell out of him. he finally fled to Americans to save his life. :)

[E.G.C.]

BTTT