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Bomb emplacer killed in Iraq
One bomb emplacer was killed and another detained following an improvised explosive device detonation near a U.S. convoy north of Hawijah yesterday – September 17 2009. A patrol consisting of Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, was struck by an IED while en route to the Mahus Police station to conduct a planned combined patrol. While U.S. forces were responding to the IED, two bomb emplacers attempted to flee the scene. The patrol repeatedly warned the two attackers to stop, fired warning shots and then engaged them. One was killed and the other is in the custody of the Iraqi Army. On further investigation, additional bomb-making and other materiel that could be used in attacking vehicles was discovered … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Terrorist Death Watch, War on Terror
New Commerce to Hawijah, Iraq
A young man beginning a business to support his new family is not necessarily headline news. However, for Kusai, 24, his dream would be realized in the heart of what was once considered an extremists’ stronghold only six months prior – Hawijah, Iraq. Hawijah, located approximately 60 miles south of Kirkuk City in the Kirkuk province, historically held center stage to the region’s worst violence against civilians, Iraq security forces, and coalition forces by extremists. The … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
SoI’s Resolve in Hawijah
When the cowards kill us, they give us more reasons to go forward Khalaf Ibrahim Ali, greets Capt. Quinn Eddy, commander, Company B, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division during a recent visit. Ali, a Sons of Iraq leader in Hawijah, Iraq, shot and killed a suicide bomber, Apr. 2, who was attempting to assassinate him. Khalaf Ibrahim Ali had just finished checking up on his fellow Sons of Iraq around the city. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, Surge 2007, War on Terror
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