Coalition Force Members Use Guided Munitions to Stop Insurgent Attack

Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
RELEASE No. 20070206-04

Multi-National Force – West PAO

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq – Coalition force members used guided munitions to stop an insurgent attack 6 km northwest of Khalidiyah Feb. 5.

Coalition force members were attacked with a rocket-propelled grenade which struck a Coalition vehicle. Immediately following the RPG detonation, Coalition force members were attacked with a heavy volume of small arms fire from insurgents in a building across the river. Coalition force members returned fire with small arms fire, machinegun fire and high explosive rounds. When the attack did not cease, Coalition force members used guided munitions against the attackers. The weapon hit the building, destroying it.

The insurgents’ attack continued with small arms fire from an adjacent building and Coalition force members used guided munitions to halt the attack. The weapon struck the building, destroying it and ending the attack.

There were no reports of civilian casualties.