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Wednesday, 04 April 2007
Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070406-12
April 6, 2007

Two terrorists die in failed suicide car bomb attempt; no one else injured

Multi-National Division - Baghdad Public Affairs

FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq
– Iraqi Army troops foiled a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attack on a checkpoint south of Baghdad Wednesday.

The 2nd Battalion, 4th Brigade, 8th Iraqi Army Division reported that when a vehicle approached an Iraqi Army checkpoint,  the passenger of the vehicle got out and attempted to move surrounding concertina wire.  He was shot and killed by checkpoint guards near Al-Haswah, Iraq.  The driver of the vehicle then detonated the car bomb.

No one else was killed or wounded by the blast. 

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