10 More Terrorists Captured

Yesterday, troopers of the 40th Cavalry Regiment discovered and destroyed two booby-trapped homes while operating against an IED cell and captured 10 terrorists in the process.

FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq – Two booby-trapped houses were destroyed and 10 suspected insurgents were detained during an operation in Adwaniyah Oct. 9.

Soldiers of Troop B, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, were conducting operations targeting an insurgent cell responsible for emplacing improvised explosive devices.

During the operation, Soldiers found two empty houses that were wired with explosives. They vacated the area clearing it of civilians and requested air and artillery support.

Once the area was cleared, the homes were destroyed with two Hellfire missiles fired from attack helicopters and two 155mm Excalibur artillery rounds from Battery B, 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment.

There are only two purposes for the enemy to be booby-trapping empty residences, it is either to kill or injure US forces or to kill or injure civilians and thus perpetuate the myth that chaos reigns in Iraq.

Good work men.