U.S. Army Soldiers rescue two in torture house
Multi-National Force – West PAO
CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq – U.S. Army Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry
(Airborne), Regimental Combat Team 6, rescued two victims in a torture house and
discovered a chemical storage facility near Karmah, 10 km northeast of Fallujah,
March 1.
Soldiers freed the two bound and gagged civilians held in a complex 60 km west
of Baghdad. One victim, later identified as an Iraqi policeman, had been shot while the
other had been hanged and beaten.
Both victims were alive and immediately air evacuated by Coalition Forces to
Camp Taqqadum Surgical for treatment.
The terrorists, identified as al Qaeda in Iraq by one of the victims, were filming
the torture sessions and apparently left the two hostages alone to get more videotape.
“Our Paratroopers saved a local Iraqi citizen and an Iraqi policeman from further
torture and certain death,” said Maj. Paul Edgar, battalion executive officer. “We were
glad to have the opportunity to help these Iraqi patriots. They are our brothers and the
leaders in the common fight for security.”
The storage facility appears to have been a waypoint for smuggling. The storage
facility included 1.1 million pounds of aluminum sulfate, 28,800 liters of formaldehyde,
and 226 kg of sugar. While these chemicals alone seem benign, anti-Iraqi forces have
combined these with other common ingredients in the past to make homemade
explosives.
The chemical materials were destroyed on site by Explosive Ordnance Disposal
personnel.
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