Iraq Bits

Marines kill insurgent in Fallujah

CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq — An insurgent was killed Dec. 26 by U.S. Marines at an entry control point in central Fallujah at approximately 11:30 a.m.

The insurgent, armed with an explosive vest filled with ball bearings, detonated the bomb as he approached the checkpoint; however, the vest only partially exploded. As the bomber attempted to detonate the rest of the explosives, he was killed by Marine gunfire.

No Iraqi or U.S. military personnel were injured but one civilian was reported wounded in this suicide attack.

Iraqi Police, Firefighters respond to car bomb attacks

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Police, Firefighters and Task Force Baghdad Soldiers responded to multiple car bomb attacks in Central and Eastern Baghdad during the morning of Dec. 26.

At 8:30 a.m., a suicide car bomber detonated in the Karadah district of Baghdad, killing one Iraqi civilian and wounding one Iraqi Policeman and one Iraqi civilian.

The second car bomb exploded in Eastern Baghdad at about 10:00 a.m., injuring five Iraqi police officers.

At 10:43 a.m., a third detonated near an Iraqi Police patrol in Northeast Baghdad, killing four Iraqi civilians and wounding two Iraqi Policemen.

Around 10:45 a.m. in central Baghdad, the fourth incident, initiated by a suicide car bomber, wounded four Iraqi civilians and two Iraqi Policemen.

All wounded were evacuated to local hospitals.

The Iraqi Police, Firefighters and Army secured the sites and extinguished the fires. All incidents are under investigation by Iraqi officials.

Secretary of Defense awards life-saving Soldier

MOSUL, Iraq - Spc. Lucas Crowe, a medic with the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, was awarded the Bronze Star from Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in a special awards presentation Dec. 24 at Forward Operating Base Courage.

On Dec. 15, Crowe saved the life of an Iraqi two-year-old boy who had nearly drowned in the basement of his family home. The child had stopped breathing until Crowe administered first aid saving the boy’s life.

Rumsfeld pinned the Bronze Star on Crowe and congratulated him for a job well done. The secretary was on a surprise holiday visit to the troops in Iraq to show his support and appreciation.

Secretary of Defense makes surprise holiday visit to Soldiers

MOSUL, Iraq -Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld made a surprise holiday visit to troops Dec.24 at Forward Operating Base Courage.

During the visit, Rumsfeld served dinner to the Soldiers, awarded a Bronze Star Medal to a Soldier who saved an Iraqi child’s life and met with top military officials.

“I am here to wish the troops a Merry Christmas and to commend them on what an excellent job they have done preceding the Iraqi elections and since the elections”.

Rumsfeld took the time to meet and take pictures with several hundred troops during the visit. He told the Soldiers that in the future Soldiers will look back and see what a great difference they have made liberating the citizens of Iraq.

This is one of many trips the secretary has made to visit troops in Iraq.

Attacks backfire on terrorists

TIKRIT, Iraq – Seven terrorists were killed in two failed attacks Dec. 24 in Salah Ad Din province.

Police in Samarra responded to an explosion and discovered the bodies of three unidentified men. The men were attempting to fire an 82-mm mortar at an unknown target when the round detonated prematurely. A fourth terrorist was taken to a local medical facility, but died from his injuries while attempting to escape.

A short time later, a patrol from the 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team annihilated a would-be ambush near the city Ad Duluiyah. Terrorists attacked the patrol with small arms fire, but the Soldiers quickly identified and engaged them, killing three. No Soldiers were injured in the engagement.

A U.S. Air Force airman adjusts his stocking hung inside a C-130 cargo plane in Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2005.

** Finally car bombings in Iraq are at a 7 month low, not that you would think that from the lefty media reporting on the war. When was the last time you saw a story on the re-building work going on, or the terrorists being taken off the streets? And the next time you watch the liberal pro commie, tree hugging, new age, pro EU, starbuck drinking, islamonazi pro BBC remember that 262 of their top people earn over £100,000 a year. Thats money taken out of the licence payers pockets and wasted on these people.

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