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| Iraq |
| Suicide car bomb targets Doura |
| 2007-08-08 |
| Iraqi Security Forces and Multinational Division - Baghdad troops responding to an explosion found five citizens injured in an apparent suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attack in the Doura area of southern Baghdad Aug. 6. At approximately 11:20 a.m., Soldiers from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, attached to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Inf. Div., investigated an explosion in the area and found two men, two women and a child injured by the suspected car bomb. Elements of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army also responded. They found the vehicle had crashed into the side of a house. Just after noon, an explosive ordnance disposal unit arrived on the scene with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment and confirmed the blast was a suicide car bomb, believed to be carrying more than 100 lbs. of homemade explosives. Four of the wounded were evacuated to Yarmouk Hospital while one was treated by the Iraqi Army. |
| Posted by:Fred |