January 18, 2007

Iraqi Army Patrol Turns the Tables on Ambush

Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
RELEASE No. 20070118-03

2nd BCT, 1st Inf. Div. PAO

BAGHDAD – An Iraqi Army patrol thwarted an ambush by a group of armed insurgents in western Baghdad Jan. 17.

While conducting a routine patrol in Baghdad’s Fahhama neighborhood, an element of the 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army was ambushed by a group of insurgents armed with pistols and AK-47s. The patrol immediately returned fire on the men attacking them.

Two insurgents were killed and four others wounded in the fire fight. After treating their wounds, the four wounded insurgents were taken into custody.

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