One 3rd COSCOM soldier killed, one wounded in IED attack

[Beowulf]

September 9, 2003
Release Number: 03-09-08


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


sigh...... :|

http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/news_release.asp?NewsRelease=20030908.txt

ONE 3RD COSCOM SOLDIER KILLED, ONE WOUNDED IN IED ATTACK

BAGHDAD, Iraq – One 3rd Corp Support Command soldier was killed and one was wounded in an improvised explosive device attack on their military vehicle along a major supply route northeast of Baghdad at approximately 5 p.m. on Sep. 9.

The wounded soldier was evacuated to the 28th Combat Support Hospital for treatment.

The soldiers’ names are being withheld pending notification of next-of-kin.

The incident is under investigation.

[Gordon]

Still a bad business.

Respect to all those fighting there.

[hood]

That centcom link doesn't seem to be working. Is there a special significance for this one over the others?

[Beowulf]

Not really sorry about the all caps I just cut and pasted. :oops:

Also the IED thing, on a major supply route, during the day speaks to the realtive ease of striking our support troops (COSCOM). :|

Which raises the question does the enemy recognize the differences between support and infantry/combat arms, (weapons/patches/general awareness) and is therefore targeting support units? Which would indicate a relatively high level of sophistication/organization.

[hood]

From the photos that I've seen of burned out supply trucks, they're rather obvious as to the fact that they're supply trucks. I read a little while ago that all convoys would now require at least a total of 4 vehicles so that they could engage and find the enemy when they launch surprise attacks. I saw on dateline or nightline the other day, a bunch of Iraqi's set off a few roadside explosives at night as a convoy was passing, but no one was injured. They rounded up 3 guys with improvised explosive packs. The whole thing seemed very ragtag and almost like the suicide bombers in Israel. Some guy who's well connected gives a bunch of guys who aren't well trained or coordinated, a bunch of bombs and tells them where they think a convoy is expected to pass and they're sent on their way. A question that I'm sure the intelligence agencies are mulling around, is how and if the UN and mosque bombings are connected to these much smaller scale and varyingly effective roadside incidents.

[hendrix33]

http://wwwi.*******.com/images/2003-09-10T110109Z_01_TIK08D_RTRIDSP_2_IRAQ.jpg


Seargent First Class Gilbert Nail from Clayton, Oklahoma, of the 1st Battalion (22nd regiment) of the fourth Division of the U.S. Army, shows an improvised explosive device built into a softdrink can, confiscated during a raid in Tikrit, about 110 miles (180 kms) northwest of Baghdad, September 10, 2003. U.S. troops captured arms and munitions, communciation devices and explosives during the early morning raid. *******/Arko Datta


http://wwwi.*******.com/images/2003-09-10T105602Z_01_TIK06D_RTRIDSP_2_IRAQ.jpg


Seargent First Class Gilbert Nail from Clayton, Oklahoma, of the 1st Battalion (22nd regiment) of the fourth Division of the U.S. Army (R) arranges arms and munitions seized during a raid, at the U.S. army base in Tikrit, about 110 miles (180 kms) northwest of Baghdad, September 10, 2003. The soldiers captured arms and munitions, communciation devices and explosives during an early morning raid. *******/Arko Datta

[ibstolidude]

that's why the army should toss out the unit patch for non-garrison wear - the "leaning ****house" looks very different from an "all american" - it IS kinda obvious..

good luck to the WIA
and RIP to the one who gave his life.

[Lobo]

I thought "improvised explosive devices" like that where called a "bobby trap". :|

[hendrix33]

****y trap is the initiation system of the Improvised Explosive Device (IED). IEDs don't have to be ****y-trapped - they can be remotely triggered by a wire or a wireless devices. Hizbollah is a world-class engineer of such, and the knowledge is being transferred to Hammas rapidly.

[Beowulf]

they can also be command detonated...
-b