Coalition UAV catches insurgents testing an IED near Fallujah. Troops search the insurgent hideout, finding chemicals, munitions and other bomb-making materials. Finally, and air strike destroys the IED factory.
U.S. troops aid Iraqi VBIED victims
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines respond to a mass casualty incident after several Iraqi civilians are injured in a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attack in Ramadi. April 6, 2007.
F/A-18 Hornets strike chlorine bomb truck
Near Fallujah, Iraq Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet destroys a dump truck loaded with chlorine tanks, observes secondary explosion from vehicle-borne explosives. Second F/A-18 Hornet strikes insurgents associated with the dump truck.
F16s bomb IED factories, April 2007
Air Force F16s destroy two buildings identified by ground troops as facilities insurgents used for constructing improvised explosive devices. Secondary blasts indicate the buildings held a large amount of explosive materials. (more)
