FORWARD OPERATING BASE LOYALTY, Iraq – A 10-year old Iraqi girl was killed when extremists detonated an improvised explosive device in the New Baghdad district of the Iraqi capital Nov. 11.
Following the attack, Iraqi Army troops and Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, rushed to the scene and sealed off the area. One Army vehicle and an apartment were also damaged in the blast.
The victim, a student at Isha Primary School in New Baghdad, was struck by shrapnel from the blast.
Was the IED a taxi whose driver thought he was disregarding DynCorp instructions, but missed? |