Suicide Attack Foiled, Hostage Rescued, Weapons Seized

But you didn't hear it anywhere!

Published on January 10, 2006 By ShadowWar In War on Terror

Now I am sure you have heard by now the suicide bombing where the two bombers dressed as Iraqi Police blew themselves up and killed many. But did you hear about this?

Jan. 9, 2006 – Iraqi police pre-empted two suicide bombers today, a French hostage was rescued over the weekend, and an Iraqi citizen led soldiers to a weapons cache yesterday, military officials in Baghdad reported.

Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at noon today when they were denied access at an Iraqi police entry point to the Ministry of Defense compound, where an Iraqi Police Day ceremony was being held in the Rusafa District of eastern Baghdad, officials said.

When Iraqi police denied the first suicide bomber entry into the compound, the terrorist detonated himself. A minute later, the second terrorist approached the same entry point and detonated himself as well. Initial reports indicate at least one Iraqi citizen and one Iraqi policeman were killed in the explosions and numerous others were wounded, officials said. The ceremony was completed without further interruption.

U.S. and Iraqi soldiers searching for weapons caches in the Abu Ghraib area of western Baghdad on Jan. 7 rescued French engineer who was kidnapped Dec. 5, officials said.

As the Iraqi soldiers closed in on the kidnappers, officials said, they fled from a nearby farmhouse and left the French hostage behind. After the kidnappers fled, the hostage, Bernard Planche, a 52-year-old French nongovernmental organization employee, ran up to the checkpoint.

Task Force Ironhorse soldiers manned the checkpoint as part of an outer cordon, while Iraqi soldiers from the 3rd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, searched farmhouses for weapons caches, officials noted.

In western Baghdad yesterday, an Iraqi man flagged down an Iraqi army patrol and led them to a large weapons and munitions cache.

Officials said the man had been kidnapped and escaped from his captors. He then led soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, to the house where he had been held hostage. There, Iraqi soldiers found a large cache of artillery rounds wired as explosive devices, rifle grenades, homemade explosives, hand grenades, a sub-machine gun, machine guns, a sniper rifle, Iraqi police uniforms, masks, explosives, detonation cord, artillery primers, rocket-propelled-grenade launchers, and RPG rounds, fuses and sights.

They also found mortars mortar sights, blasting caps, fuses, propellant charges, mercury chloride, ammunition, a gas grenade, timers, switches, license plates, weapons magazines and assorted propaganda.

In addition, officials said the Iraqi soldiers found char marks on the rooftop consistent with blast marks from a mortar, indicating that the house may have been the sight for mortar attacks against Iraqi and coalition forces.

Hmmm very quite in the press about these rescued hostages. And the folied bombers. Oh but I did hear about the ones that killed a bunch of Iraqi's. That of course is much more important and gives a much better view of what is happening in Iraq on a daily basis.

Comments

singrdave

on Jan 10, 2006

Thanks for bringing this stuff to our attention, SW.

Do we have any updates on that Christian Science Monitor reporter who's missing?

Dr Guy

on Jan 10, 2006

Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at noon today when they were denied access at an Iraqi police entry point to the Ministry of Defense compound, where an Iraqi Police Day ceremony was being held in the Rusafa District of eastern Baghdad, officials said.

Sounds like they had a short fuse - literally and figuratively!

DJBandit

on Jan 10, 2006

Great job as usual. Funny how I never see those who complain about the war and the bad things that happen there replying here. Gotta wonder why?

DJBandit

on Jan 10, 2006

When Iraqi police denied the first suicide bomber entry into the compound, the terrorist detonated himself. A minute later, the second terrorist approached the same entry point and detonated himself as well.

They are getting desperate. That only happens when you are loosing.

ShadowWar

on Jan 10, 2006

They are getting desperate. That only happens when you are loosing.

You hit the nail on the head DJ. I agree. And this has been the stance of our military leaders on the ground in Iraq. That the terrorist are growing more desperate because they know that they do not have much time, Iraq is becoming more stable and self reliant everyday. The terrorist time is short and they know it.

ShadowWar

on Jan 10, 2006

Do we have any updates on that Christian Science Monitor reporter who's missing?

I haven't seen anything yet but I will keep my eyes and ears open for any reports.

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