Cavalry Foils Insurgent Attack at Tarmiyah Huda Girls’ School

Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
RELEASE No. 20070430-06

By Spc. Jeffrey Ledesma
1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

CAMP TAJI, Iraq – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers foiled an insurgent attack comprised of numerous improvised explosive devices targeting an all-girls’ school north of Baghdad April 28.

Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade CombatTeam, 1st Cavalry Division, discovered a command wire leading from the school’s outer perimeter to one of the rooms at the Huda Girls’ School, inTarmiyah, Iraqi. Inside the room, the cavalry troops discovered five artillery shell explosives.

The insurgent’s planned attack, in opposition of the construction of the school, also included two large explosive-filled propane tanks buried underneath the school’s floor and numerous projectiles emplaced underneath electrical conduits in front of each classroom.

The unit believes Al Qaeda extremists, operating in the area, are responsible for the emplacement of the explosives in an effort to thwart the progress the local government has made to improve the lives of the people ofTarmiyah.

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