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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080424-10
April 24, 2008

MND-B Soldiers kill 3 criminals in separate engagements

BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers killed 3 criminals in separate engagements in Baghdad April 23-24.
 
At approximately 10:50 p.m. April 23, an aerial weapons team observed a criminal emplacing an improvised-explosive device. The IED was targeting a Coalition forces patrol in northeast Baghdad. The aerial weapons team engaged the criminal with a Hellfire missile, killing him.
 
At approximately 11:30 p.m., two criminals were observed emplacing an improvised-explosive device in northeast Baghdad. After fleeing the scene, an aerial weapons team engaged the criminals in a building with two Hellfire missiles, killing both.
 
At approximately 7:30 a.m. April 24, an aerial weapons team observed a criminal with a heavy machine gun firing on MND-B Soldiers in northeast Baghdad. The aerial weapons team fired one Hellfire missile ending the attack. The heavy machine gun was destroyed, but no casualties have been reported at this time.

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