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| More From Mosul (somebody's angel was on duty) |
| 2007-02-09 |
| They seem to have an unusually good writer on press release duty today. Iraqi Army, Cavalry take fight to the enemy...again MOSUL, Iraq - Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 7th (2-7) Cavalry Regiment conducted a raid on several houses in the Al Wahda neighborhood in east Mosul Feb. 4, after receiving intelligence about specific high-priority targets. Upon reaching the area near the Sabrine mosque, the Thunder element Soldiers dismounted and began searching their target area. As they reached the roof, they began taking small-arms fire from a group of insurgents. The insurgents also began lobbing grenades at the 2-7 Cavalry troops. Regrouping back down the stairs, the "Garry Owen" troops encountered two near misses. In one instance, a grenade bounced off of two Cavalry Soldiers before exploding in the living room of the house. Thank you Jesus ('channeling' the soldiers). In a second incident, Sgt. Konyaku Kaili, an infantryman with 2-7 Cavalry, was engaged by small-arms fire and received a round into the front SAPI plate of his body armor. The armor stopped the round, and he was not seriously injured. During the engagement, one insurgent blew himself up with an explosive vest, and another was shot and killed when quick-reaction reinforcement troops arrived from the Iraqi army and 2-7 Cavalry, effectively sealing off the target area. Simultaneously, five mortar rounds landed in the area and a large ammunition cache, that was stored in the house, sympathetically detonated Sweet! due to the fire created by the insurgent attack. Soldiers from the Iraqi Army swept in and cleared all of the remaining houses, detaining five males in a car who were headed through the blockade, into the fight. The detainees had individual weapons with them as well as rocket-propelled grenades and launchers. All evidence was collected and detainees processed by the Iraqi Security Forces who were working on matching up the two killed insurgents with the descriptions of the high-priority targets. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #3 STRATEGYPAGE > Roughly 1/2 of all IEDS in Iraq are rendered safe, harmless, or disposed off? by US milfors. In general, insurgent IEDS are still wounding/kiling more Muslims than US soldiers. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-02-09 23:03 |
| #2 They seem to have an unusually good writer on press release duty today. Normal with all the PhD around. I also like sympathetic ammunition! |
| Posted by: SwissTex 2007-02-09 19:39 |
| #1 May be worth noticing all this activity in Mosul - right when the 'surge' is kicking off in Baghdad. That surge has been pretty quiet. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-02-09 19:38 |