Friday, 09 February 2007
Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070209-03
Feb. 9, 2007
Iraqi Army, Cavalry take fight to the enemy…again
Multi-National Division – North PAO
MOSUL, Iraq – Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 7th (2-7) Cavalry Regiment conducted a raid
on several houses in the Al Wahda neighborhood in east Mosul Feb. 4, after receiving
intelligence about specific high-priority targets.
Upon reaching the area near the Sabrine mosque, the Thunder element Soldiers
dismounted and began searching their target area. As they reached the roof, they
began taking small-arms fire from a group ofinsurgents. The insurgents also began
lobbing grenades at the 2-7 Cavalry troops.
Regrouping back down the stairs, the “Garry Owen” troops encountered two near
misses. In one instance, a grenade bounced off of two Cavalry Soldiers before
exploding in the living room of the house. In a second incident, Sgt. Konyaku Kaili, an
infantryman with 2-7 Cavalry, was engaged by small-arms fire and received a round into
the front SAPI plate of his body armor. The armor stopped the round, and he was not
seriously injured.
During the engagement, one insurgent blew himself up with an explosive vest, and
another was shot and killed when quick-reaction reinforcement troops arrived from the
Iraqi army and 2-7 Cavalry, effectively sealing off the target area.
Simultaneously, five mortar rounds landed in the area and a large ammunition
cache, that was stored in the house, sympathetically detonated due to the fire created
by the insurgent attack.
Soldiers from the Iraqi Army swept in and cleared all of the remaining houses,
detaining five males in a car who were headed through the blockade, into the fight. The
detainees had individual weapons with them as well as rocket-propelled grenades and
launchers.
All evidence was collected and detainees processed by the Iraqi Security Forces
who were working on matching up the two killed insurgents with the descriptions of the
high-priority targets.
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