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Iraqi boy injured by IED

Jun-20-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

(Task Force Olympia press release)

MOSUL, IRAQ (June 19, 2004) – Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) reported being attacked with an improvised explosive device yesterday while on patrol in the Al Hadba neighborhood of Mosul. A ten-year-old Iraqi boy was injured, suffering lacerations to the leg, and was taken to the local hospital. One U.S. soldier was also slightly wounded in the attack but has since been returned to duty.

Another patrol from 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Regiment reported finding an IED in the Rashidiya neighborhood. The Iraqi Police responded and an explosive ordnance disposal team successfully destroyed the device with no injuries or damage to property.

Early this morning another IED was found by soldiers of the 293rd Military Police Company while on patrol in the Bab Al Beez neighborhood. The soldiers secured the site until an EOD team arrived and destroyed the device. No injuries were reported.

As of today, there are 10 days until the transfer of Iraq’s sovereignty to the Iraqi people. Iraqi security forces, government officials, Coalition forces and the people of northern Iraq will continue to work together to demonstrate to the rest of the world that Mosul is different.


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