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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080414-04
April 14, 2008

MND-B Soldiers defend themselves, kill 6 criminals
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldiers killed six criminals after they were attacked in eastern Baghdad at approximately 10:30 p.m., April 13.

Soldiers from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, were attacked by rocket propelled grenades while conducting a patrol in their M1A2 Abrams tank. A rotary-wing air weapons team was called in to assist the soldiers on the ground.

The aircrew witnessed armed criminals hiding behind a parked vehicle and another in an open field. The air weapons team engaged and killed the lone individual. Moments later, soldiers in the M1A2 identified additional armed criminals on the rooftop of a nearby building. The criminals then attacked the soldiers with RPG fire. In self defense, the tankers engaged the armed men, killing five criminals.

“Coalition forces will continue to defend themselves against criminals who ignore the rule of Iraqi law,” said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, MND-B spokesman. “We will do so with precision and definitive force.”

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