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Iraq: IED Attack (V) Against U.S. Stryker Vehicle -
August 27th, 2006 |
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Background - Ripples of blast
still affect Stryker troops [
] The massive explosion ripped a crater into the road. Fort Lewis
soldiers, dazed and bloody, staggered from their toppled Stryker and pulled
buddies out as enemy fighters rained bullets from all directions. [
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blast that killed Cross and Dolan stands as the biggest hit to the Stryker
brigade since it returned to Iraq in July, with troops spread between Baghdad
and Mosul. The way the men died was also rare: The armored, 21-ton infantry
carriers are known for taking a hit and rolling back to base. Losing one life
from traumatic wounds caused by a roadside bomb is unusual, two casualties in
one attack even more so. The improvised explosive device was planted along
the main highway that runs from Jordan through Baghdad. It's still probably
the most dangerous area that the Tomahawk Battalion patrols. [
] Excerpt of an article
by the Olympian from October 7th, 2006. |
U.S. Stryker vehicle hits an IED in Ghazaliya |
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The video |
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External view: link file format: .rm |
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The moment before the explosion |
The explosion |
A rolled-over stryker after the attack |
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Video Credits The Jaish Al-Mujahedeen insurgents group
released the video in early September of 2006 and claimed responsibility for
the attack. |
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