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Cavalry foils insurgent attack at Tarmiyah Huda Girls’ |
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Sunday, 29 April 2007 |
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Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070430-06
April 30, 2007
Cavalry foils insurgent attack at Tarmiyah Huda Girls’
School
By Spc. Jeffrey Ledesma
1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
CAMP TAJI, Iraq – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers foiled an
insurgent attack comprised of numerous improvised explosive devices targeting
an all-girls’ school north of Baghdad April 28.
Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat
Team, 1st Cavalry Division, discovered a command wire leading from the
school’s outer perimeter to one of the rooms at the Huda Girls’ School, in
Tarmiyah, Iraqi. Inside the room, the cavalry troops discovered five artillery shell
explosives.
The insurgent’s planned attack, in opposition of the construction of the
school, also included two large explosive-filled propane tanks buried underneath
the school’s floor and numerous projectiles emplaced underneath electrical
conduits in front of each classroom.
The unit believes Al Qaeda extremists, operating in the area, are
responsible for the emplacement of the explosives in an effort to thwart the
progress the local government has made to improve the lives of the people of
Tarmiyah.
The reconstructed school, a project led by the local Tarmiyah government,
was scheduled to open in the coming weeks. This is the second time this month
explosives have been found in the facility.
“This is a testimony of how little the Al-Qaeda of Iraq truly care about the
citizens of Iraq,” said Lt. Col. Scott Efflandt, commander of 2-8th Cavalry.
An explosive ordnance disposal team transported all of the explosive
rounds from the school for disposal.
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FOR QUERIES, CONTACT MULT-NATIONAL DIVISION - BAGHDAD PUBLIC
AFFAIRS, MAJOR STEVEN LAMB BY E-MAIL AT STEVEN.LAMB@MNDB.
ARMY.MIL; OR BY PHONE AT COMMERCIAL (914) 822-8174 OR IRAQNA
011-964-890-192-4674.
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