MND-B Soldiers Evacuate Young Girl Following Attack in Al-Doura

MULTI-NATIONAL DIVISION – BAGHDAD
Release Number: 07-01-02PA

BAGHDAD – A five-year old Iraqi girl was wounded during an insurgent attack on coalition forces in the Al-Doura district of the Iraqi capital.

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment and 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, part of the 1st Cavalry Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team, were conducting a security patrol of the area with an Iraqi Army platoon when the platoon was attacked by a rocket-propelled grenade followed by small arms fire. During the attack, the girl received multiple gunshot wounds to her legs and arms.

Soldiers provided emergency medical treatment and evacuated the girl and her neighbor to the International Zone where she received further treatment for her injuries.