Posted on 12/28/2005 5:04:13 PM PST by SandRat
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28, 2005 – Task Force Band of Brothers soldiers disrupted two terrorist bombing operations yesterday in Baqubah, a city about 20 miles north of Baghdad, killing two terrorists and detaining another at a new checkpoint, U.S. military officials in Baghdad reported.
Just before noon, soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team stopped a suspicious car and detained the driver after discovering the vehicle was being prepared as a car bomb. An explosives ordnance disposal team found no explosives, but the car was laced with wiring used to detonate explosives.
Later, soldiers fired at a second vehicle as it tried to run through the checkpoint. The driver was killed, and two men with AK-47 assault rifles climbed out and tried to flee. One gunman got away, but the other was wounded and quickly was surrounded.
As the soldiers approached the wounded man, they noticed he was wearing what appeared to be an explosive-laden suicide belt. Soldiers guarded the man until an EOD team arrived and removed the belt, which contained more than three pounds of plastic explosives. The failed bomber was treated for his wounds and detained.
(From a Multinational Force Iraq news release.)
Gee we're catching them in the act of stting up now. The Terrs are going down.
I don't see where it says we got a warrant. Probly have to give the stuff back to them and apologize.
Can I cut the fuze for 20 seconds?
Clarke is in the country. He'll defend the terrorists in court.
Did they explode the C4 at a safe distance?? Possibly while still attached to the wounded perp?? That seems like to only safe way to take care of a thing like that!
Very lucky!
I think we're playing against the farm teams now. We went through the first team, then the second rate team, and just before the elections we started taking out the third rate teams. I'd guess the guys who get wacked before the operations are the farm teams.
HOOAH
The NY SLIMES will be depressed about this. Great going soldiers!
The more depressed the DNCSlimes are the more I like it.
Thanks for the ping!
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