Maj. Russell Goemaere
2nd Brigade Combat Team PAO
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- In what military officials are calling "a new level of barbarity," terrorists tortured and killed two innocent Iraqi civilians and laid their bodies in the road as bait for curious Iraqi civilians and investigating Iraqi Security Forces before detonating a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device at 8 a.m. July 17.
The attack in the New Baghdad district of the capitol killed one Iraqi Police officer, along with the terrorist who drove the VBIED. Five local nationals and three IPs were wounded.
The bodies were discovered lying in the middle of the road. When the ISF and a crowd of civilians" gathered near the scene, a terrorist drove his car bomb into the group.
"The ISF will not be intimidated by this type of action. We will continue to take the fight to the Godless terrorists," said one IP officer.
ISF secured the scene and all casualties were quickly evacuated to the Al-Kansa Hospital. The incident is under investigation.
The previous day, the ISF stopped a suicide bomber before he could detonate his suicide vest at the funeral for young victims of the car bombing July 13, which claimed the lives of 30 Iraqi children. The terrorist is now in custody at an undisclosed location.
"The terrorists are offering nothing for the future of Iraq. They offer only death to innocent Iraqi people. The people are with us, they support the IPs and the Iraqi Army," the IP officer said.
| Date Taken: | 07.27.2005 |
| Date Posted: | 07.27.2005 09:47 |
| Story ID: | 2523 |
| Location: | BAGHDAD, IQ |
| Web Views: | 26 |
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