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    HBIED destroyed in Busayefi

    ISKANDARIYAH, IRAQ

    01.02.2008

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    2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Public Affairs

    2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Public Affairs Office

    FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq – Coalition forces destroyed a house-borne improvised explosive device in Busayefi with two rockets from a guided multiple launcher rocket system, Jan. 2.

    Company B, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division discovered command detonation wires leading from the house to a canal nearby.

    Members of the Concerned Local Citizens group reported a separate IED north of the house made from two oxygen tanks with a crush wire detonator.

    Both the HBIED and crush wire IED were engaged by the GMLRS and destroyed.

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    Date Taken: 01.02.2008
    Date Posted: 01.02.2008 14:09
    Story ID: 15134
    Location: ISKANDARIYAH, IQ

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