Joint patrol assisted in bomb search by locals

Fort Hood Sentinel ^ | Spc. Alexis Harrison, 2nd BCT, 1st Cav. Div. PAO

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BAGHDAD – Roadside bombs wound and kill American Soldiers, Iraqi troops and policemen and innocent civilians caught in the ongoing struggle of coalition troops against anti-Iraqi forces on the streets of the Iraqi capital.

During a joint patrol through one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the Al Doura district, Soldiers from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, attached to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, caught a man planting one of the deadly devices Jan. 25.

Staff Sgt. Drew Preston was in the lead vehicle of the convoy. He was busy scanning his path into the neighborhood when he saw a man halfway up a light pole on the corner of the road.

At first, he didn’t think much of it. The man could’ve been running a power line, a phone cable or something else. Almost instinctively, he followed the hanging wire to see it went straight into the ground in nearly the exact location an improvised explosive device was found the day prior.

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So, when do we think this will be shared by the Mainstream Media? /sarcasm

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