Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070723-10
July 23, 2007
Multi-National Division – Center PAO

Truck Bomb destroyed during Marne Avalanche

KALSU, Iraq – A precision air strike destroyed a tanker truck loaded with explosives during Operation Marne Avalanche northeast of Haswah July 20.
 
An F-16 fighter jet flying in support of the operation dropped two 500-pound bombs on the truck and destroyed it.

Marne Avalanche is designed to root out Sunni and Shia extremists operating from safe havens in the Euphrates River Valley.

In four days, Operation Marne Avalanche has resulted in four insurgents killed, 37 captured, including five high value targets and several destroyed caches and vehicles used by the insurgents.

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