Attack helicopters kill IED emplacers
June 16, 2007
Multi-National Division – North PAO
BAQOUBA, Iraq – Attack helicopters engaged and destroyed anti-Iraqi forces attempting to emplace an IED near Muqdadiyah, June 16.
The attack helicopters from 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, observed four insurgents carry a propane tank and begin digging on the side of the road. Two additional insurgents parked a vehicle between the road and the four AIF digging in order to obscure the IED emplacement.
Attack helicopters, armed with hellfire missiles, engaged and killed all six insurgents and destroyed the vehicle.
Coalition ground forces secured the area and recovered the IED.
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