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| Iraq |
| National Police and MND-B troops respond to car bomb attacks in southern Baghdad |
| 2007-06-19 |
| Insurgents attacked a gas station and a Multi-National Division-Baghdad patrol with a series of car bombs in southern Baghdad June 18. Iraqi National Police and troops from Company C, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment “Vanguards” responded to two simultaneous car bombings in a late morning attack at a gas station, killing five Iraqi civilians and wounding 26 more. Additionally, three civilian vehicles were set ablaze by the explosions and Iraqi emergency services put out the fires. A few minutes prior to the gas station attack, a U.S. tank, also assigned to the 1st Bn., 18th Inf. Regt., was struck by a car bomb as the armored vehicle moved past an abandoned car. No injuries or damage resulted from the attack, and the tank returned to camp without incident. Explosive ordnance disposal units arrived at the gas station to destroy several unexploded munitions after the attack. Both incidents are under investigation. |
| Posted by:Fred |