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| Air Force 2 - HBIEDs 0 |
| 2007-12-01 |
| Insurgent safe house, house-borne IED blown up Multi-National Division – Center PAO FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq – An insurgent safe house and an anti-aircraft weapon gun were destroyed by Coalition Forces near Arab Jabour Nov. 29. A Kiowa helicopter from the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade took fire from an insurgent anti-aircraft weapon near a structure next to a palm grove. Three insurgents were seen leaving the weapon and entering the safe house. The building also had a machine gun nest on the roof. Two U.S. Air Force F-16s engaged the enemy machine gun and safe house, destroying both. That's not a fair fight! Ref, the Air Force is cheating again! The building was in the 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division area of operations. Later in the afternoon on Nov. 29, another building was destroyed in the area of Maderiyah. The building was believed to be rigged as a house-borne improvised explosive device. It was destroyed by a U.S. Air Force F-16. Secondary explosions were seen when the bomb detonated indicating explosives in the building. And I bet there were innocent women and children inside too! The building belonged to al Qaeda in Iraq brothers who left the area earlier in the month after being wounded in attacks against Concerned Local Citizens and Coalition Forces. Through intelligence provided by local Iraqis and patrols conducted by Soldiers from Battery B, 1st Battalion 9th Field Artillery, 2nd BCT, 3rd Inf. Div., it was confirmed the building was rigged as an HBIED. The patrol noticed wires leading out of the windows of the building. Inside the building, multiple jugs of unknown bulk explosive were observed. After it was confirmed the structure was rigged with explosives, the decision was made to destroy it. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #5 That's not a fair fight! Ref, the Air Force is cheating again! A "Fair Fight" is when we win. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-12-01 13:40 |
| #4 HBIED This is sort'f AQ's version of a meth lab in the local neighborhood back here in the states? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-12-01 12:08 |
| #3 How are these acronyms pronounced? Vee Beed and Aitch Beed ? |
| Posted by: KBK 2007-12-01 11:11 |
| #2 Three insurgents were seen ... entering the safe house. Safe house? Bit of a misnomer, eh? More like a roach motel. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2007-12-01 10:26 |
| #1 "quick, we'll make our getaway in this...er...house" |
| Posted by: Frank G on the road 2007-12-01 09:28 |