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| Iraq-Jordan |
| Regional Update for Iraq |
| 2004-03-16 |
| Northern zone – A regional government convoy was attacked March 14 in Mosul by small-arms fire. Two people were killed: the Iraqi secretary of labor and social affairs and his driver. Iraqi police are investigating the incident. North-Central zone – A former Baath Party headquarters in Dawar was attacked March 13 by missile fire from a vehicle. The missile didn’t explode, no one was hurt, and no equipment was damaged. An Iraqi Civil Defense Corps convoy was attacked by two car bombs west of Samarra. The convoy was transporting the commander of the 202nd ICDC Battalion. "It may have been an assassination attempt on the battalion commander," Kimmitt said. Two Iraqis were wounded in the attack. Coalition forces conducted a March 14 raid east of Balad against three targets suspected of launching rockets against coalition forces, Kimmitt said. Six suspects were captured. Baghdad – Coalition forces were attacked March 14 by a roadside bomb while traveling west of Baghdad. The blast killed one soldier from the 30th Enhanced Separate Brigade and wounded one other soldier. Western zone – Coalition forces conducted a March 13 cordon-and-search operation of five target locations near Khalidiya to kill and capture enemy personnel in the area. The targets were bomb makers thought responsible for killing a coalition soldier Sept. 29. Three enemy personnel were captured. Another coalition-mounted patrol was attacked March 14 near Khalidiya. A small pickup truck crossed the median of the road, moved toward a moving coalition combat vehicle and detonated an explosive before reaching the coalition vehicle. The driver of the explosive-carrying vehicle dove out of the vehicle and was struck and killed by passing traffic. Obviously in honor of the first anniversary of Rachel Corrie’s death. Simultaneously, another bomb was detonated on the right side of the road near the coalition vehicle. A coalition soldier received cuts on his forehead and returned to duty. |
| Posted by:Chuck Simmins |
| #2 Don't ya just hope the on coming traffic speeded up? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-3-16 6:43:53 PM |
| #1 "The driver of the explosive-carrying vehicle dove out of the vehicle" Hey, I've seen that in a hundred action movies ! "and was struck and killed by passing traffic"" Well, in the movies it never ends like that. Heh. How ignominious. |
| Posted by: Carl in N.H 2004-3-16 1:04:13 PM |