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Maj. Russ Goemaere
2nd Brigade Combat Team PAO
BAGHDAD -- Alert neighborhood watch members in east Baghdad stopped a potential car bomb attack Nov. 15.
Shortly before 6 p.m., local residents noticed a suspicious vehicle getting fuel from a roadside gasoline dealer.
When the neighborhood watch members approached the driver, he pulled a pistol and pointed it at them and then attempted to flee. The citizens tried to stop the suspect but were unsuccessful, said Oday Fakhan, the leader of the neighborhood watch in the area.
As he fled, the would-be car bomber attempted to highjack a get-away vehicle at gunpoint, but failed in his first attempt. The driver of another vehicle, a taxi, allowed the suspect to enter and took him to a neighborhood in Baladiat, a suburb in east Baghdad.
Meanwhile, Iraqi Police were called to the scene and secured the area around the suspicious vehicle.
The taxi driver returned to the scene after dropping off the suspect.
"The taxi driver told us that during the ride, the suspect used his cell phone to call his uncle to inform him that the operation had failed," Fakhan said.
Iraqi Police interviewed the taxi driver and got a description of the suspect. A search is ongoing.
An Iraqi Police explosives ordnance disposal team was called to the scene to investigate the suspicious vehicle and found it was wired with five 155-millimeter artillery rounds and other explosives embedded in the trunk and doors.
The EOD team deactivated the explosives. The car and explosives were moved to the Rusafa Police Station for further investigation.
| Date Taken: | 11.17.2005 |
| Date Posted: | 11.17.2005 12:59 |
| Story ID: | 3761 |
| Location: | BAGHDAD, IQ |
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