CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq - Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers came under small arms from a mosque in a southwestern Baghdad neighborhood April 20. Two insurgents were killed in the firefight. An element from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division came under attack from small arms fire at approximately 9:45 a.m. The gunshots came from the site of the Husayniayh al-Bayaa Mosque. Additional Soldiers arrived to assist, cordoning off access roads and securing the area. Aviation support also arrived at the scene of the fighting, but did not engage any targets.
Why not? Out of bombs?
After two insurgents were killed in the incident, soldiers searched nearby buildings and found chemicals in a house believed to be bomb-making materials. One suspect was detained from the search. Iraqi Army troops from the 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment, 2nd Iraqi Army Division entered the mosque at approximately 2:30 p.m. No other suspects or weaponry was uncovered from this search. No U.S. troops entered the mosque. There were no U.S. or coalition casualties taken from this
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