Extremist militants responsible for IED strike killed CAMP STRIKER, Iraq — Task Force Marne AH-64 Apache helicopters responded to an improvised explosive device strike Sept. 24, killing the four extremist militants responsible. An IED struck the 82nd Support Brigade, attached to 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, while the unit was traveling south on Route Tampa, a main thoroughfare to and from Baghdad from the south. Aerial surveillance observed the four militants in a nearby canal moments before the IED detonated. The Apaches engaged and killed the militants. Coalition ground forces confirmed the militants’ deaths. They found AK-47 assault rifles and ammunition at their location. The 82nd Support Brigade is from Fort Bragg, N.C.