“Golden Dragons” Scout Platoon Defeats IED Cell

Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
RELEASE No. 20070306-11

2nd BCT, 10th Mtn. Div. (LI) Public Affairs Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

SADR AL-YUSUFIYAH, Iraq — Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers killed four terrorists planting improvised explosive devices at a village near the banks of the Euphrates River March 5.

The Scout Platoon of the 2nd “Golden Dragons” Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), discovered five terrorists emplacing IEDs and engaged them with small arms fire, killing four of them. Two AK-47 assault rifles were recovered following the fire fight. The fifth member of the terrorist team fled.

The bodies of the terrorists were turned over to the local authorities and the weapons confiscated.