| Two Iraqis were killed and five more wounded when insurgents detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device July 14 in the Rusafa District of eastern Baghdad. Soldiers with the 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, and the 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, both attached to the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, responded to the blast and sealed off the area. The five wounded Iraqis were transported to the Kimene Hospital for treatment. Ten vehicles were also destroyed in the blast. |