Apache aviators destroyed an al-Qaeda in Iraq safe houses in the Zambraniyah area Jan. 1. While on a patrol, Soldiers from Troop B, 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, encountered small arms fire and indirect fire from a house.An AH-64 Apache helicopter from the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Inf. Div. engaged the house with a hellfire missile.
The engagement resulted in one enemy killed, one enemy wounded, one local Iraqi wounded and five suspected al-Qaeda members detained.
A second Apache destroyed an improvised explosive device discovered by a local Iraqi in the area.
He reported the IED to Soldiers of the 6-8 Cav., Reg. operationally attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Inf. Div. and Soldiers of the 5th Battalion, 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division. The IED was believed to be placed in the manÂ’s house by al-Qaeda. Iraqi Army Soldiers removed the IED and placed it in an open field, where it was destroyed by an Apache helicopter.