Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
RELEASE No. 20061213-07
By Maj. David Shoupe
2nd BCT, 1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs
BAGHDAD, Iraq – A suicide car-bomb was destroyed by an Iraqi National Policesentry as it attempted to enter the police barracks in the Jaza’r neighborhood Dec. 11.
Brig. Gen. Ghazwan Sharif Abd-al-Hamid, the National Police commander in thearea, said a blue van approached the entrance to the barracks during the morning attack and failed to stop when the sentry signaled it to do so. The sentry fired into the speeding van which ran into two parked police vehicles and exploded.
Six policemen were injured and the two police vehicles destroyed in the attack. It was estimated that the van contained over 300 pounds of explosives.
The National Police have secured the area and the incident is under investigation
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