Terrorist car bomb attack fails

Courtesy Photo | Debris surrounds the crater caused by a car bomb attack in Eastern Baghdad Aug. 8. The attack wounded a local resident who was treated by U.S. medics and then taken to a nearby hospital. Another local and two U.S. Soldiers suffered minor injuries and were treated on the scene. The driver was killed. The attack came while a U.S. civil affairs team was investigating car bomb that exploded just a few feet away July 13 killing one U.S. Soldier and 24 Iraqi children.  

BAGHDAD, IRAQ

08.15.2005

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2nd Brigade Combat Team PAO

BAGHDAD --A terrorist failed to cause significant U.S. casualties or damage in a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attack Aug. 6 in east Baghdad.

Two U.S. Soldiers and one Iraqi civilian sustained minor wounds from the attack.

The vehicle, described by Soldiers on the scene as a Volkswagen van, approached the halted convoy of 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division around 9:30 a.m.

Soldiers from 1-9 FA were investigating a tip from a local Iraqi about a terrorist in the area who was associated with the July 13 vehicle bomb attack at the same location which killed one U.S. Soldier and 24 Iraqi children.

While they were moving in to detain the suspected terrorist, the bomb detonated.

"(I was) 15 to 20 feet from the explosion," said Sgt. Eric Hollis, F Company, 26th Forward Support Battalion, attached to 1-9 FA. "We were standing right there -- nothing hit us!"

At the time of the explosion, Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 64th Armor, 2nd BCT in a nearby observation tower noticed two suspected terrorists in a vehicle over-watching the attack. 1-64 Armor dispatched a quick-reaction force which detained the men.

Additionally, a 155-millimeter artillery round was discovered near the VBIED attack site. An explosive ordnance disposal team was called in to perform a controlled detonation.

The VBIED attack also failed to deter the Task Force Baghdad Soldiers from their original mission. Soon after the attack, they found and detained the terrorist for whom they were looking.

• Date Taken: 08.15.2005
• Date Posted: 08.15.2005 17:38
• Story ID: 2731
• Location: BAGHDAD, IQ