MOSUL, Iraq - A Stryker brigade soldier was killed and another wounded Monday when their Humvee struck a roadside bomb, brigade officials said.
The incident near Tall Afar, about 35 miles west of Mosul, marked the first death of a Stryker soldier as a result of hostile action since the Fort Lewis brigade arrived in Iraq nearly three months ago. Eight others have been killed in accidents.
The attack was one of two roadside bombings carried out against Stryker troops Monday. In the other, about 9:45 a.m. near a village southeast of Mosul, the explosion caused no injuries and minor damage to a Stryker vehicle. Soldiers chased and captured four men suspected of setting off the device.
The fatal bombing occurred about 5:15 p.m. as a convoy was returning to the 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment's headquarters at Forward Operating Base Fulda, about six miles south of Tall Afar, officials said.
Road bomb kills Fort Lewis soldier
[Link to Full Article]MICHAEL GILBERT; The News Tribune
MOSUL, Iraq - A Stryker brigade soldier was killed and another wounded Monday when their Humvee struck a roadside bomb, brigade officials said.
The incident near Tall Afar, about 35 miles west of Mosul, marked the first death of a Stryker soldier as a result of hostile action since the Fort Lewis brigade arrived in Iraq nearly three months ago. Eight others have been killed in accidents.
