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| Al-Qaeda mortars kill children in Al Awad |
| 2007-07-26 |
| Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers responded to a mortar attack that killed two children, and injured a woman and her child in northern Baghdad July 23. Soldiers with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division responded to the attack, shortly after 7:30 p.m., after mortar rounds, believed to be fired by Al Qaeda operatives in the area, landed in the village of Al Awad. The patrol found two little girls killed, one little girl slightly wounded and their mother also severely injured. The wound girl and her mother were immediately evacuated via helicopter to a Coalition Combat Support Hospital after receiving immediate care at the patrol base. “Here is another example of Al Qaeda using indiscriminate force on the people of Iraq,” said Maj. Robert Rodriguez, the battalion’s executive officer. “You have Al Qaeda firing mortar rounds into simple farming villages killing women and children. This type of action shows Al Qaeda’s only purpose is to terrorize.” The 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment and the 3rd Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division will continue to work with the people and local government of Al Awad to bring an end to the violence. “With the help of the Iraqi people and government we will continue to make Iraq a safer place,” Rodriguez said. |
| Posted by:Fred |