Operation Raider Harvest Brings Down The House!

Coalition Forces killed four enemy personnel and wounded three more shortly after an engineer vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device during Operation Raider Harvest, which is part of the country-wide Operation Phantom Phoenix, Jan. 8 near Muqdadiyah, Iraq:

BAQUBA, Iraq – Soldiers from the 38th Engineer Company, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division were struck by an IED while clearing a route in the Diyala province, a known al-Qaeda in Iraq safe haven. No CF Soldiers were injured in the attack.

An air weapons team operating in the area spotted several armed personnel running from the IED site into a nearby house. An air weapons team engaged the house with a missile, killing four and wounding three others.

Based on the extent of the explosion caused by the missile, military officials assess that the house was being used as an al Qaeda in Iraq safe house and weapons cache.

Dead and wounded tangos, one less weapons cache and no US casualites, a great day indeed! A side note to "tommy taliban" though: when seeking shelter, don't hide next to the stuff that goes boom!