Friday, February 16, 2007
Coalition Forces performed a controlled detonation destroying an improvised explosive devices factory in Salman Pak Thursday during an operation targeting an al-Qaida in Iraq-related IED network.
During a search of a targeted building, Coalition Forces found a large amount of IED making material including 1,000 pounds of various types of explosives.
An explosives ordnance disposal team determined that the material was too unstable to remove. Ground forces cordoned off the area and ensured local citizens were moved to a safe distance during the controlled detonation.
The IED-making materials and building were destroyed to prevent future use by terrorists.
Coalition Forces take great precautions to mitigate risks to civilians while in pursuit of terrorists. Terrorists continue to put civilians in danger by operating among them.
(Taken from press release #A070216a by Multi-National Force-Iraq - Combined Press Information Center - Baghdad, Iraq)
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