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Article: IRAQI SECURITY FORCES FOIL SUICIDE CAR BOMB ATTACK
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- June 14, 2007
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The U.S. Department of Defense's Central Command issued the following newsletter:
Iraqi Security Forces prevented a suicide car bomb attack on a Coalition forces combat outpost in Khan Bani Sa'ad, located in the Diyala province, Tuesday.
Iraqi Army Soldiers received a tip and description of a potential suicide vehicle bomb and engaged the vehicle with small-arms fire as it approached the outpost. The vehicle detonated prematurely, before it could reach the outer perimeter.
Two Coalition force Soldiers received minor wounds and were treated on the scene.
"The truly amazing thing is that the Iraqi Soldiers, who are mostly Shia, got the tip from local Sunnis, who had seen a suspicious vehicle ...