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Insurgents Continue Use of Abandoned Train Station in Southeast Ramadi

By Capt. Megan McClung

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq - Coalition forces engaged several insurgents near an abandoned train station in southeast Ramadi May 16 in response to repeated hostile activity. It was the seventh day since May 7 that Coalition forces engaged insurgents in the area.

Troops observed several insurgents moving a weapon from the train station to a vehicle nearby. Coalition forces engaged the insurgents with artillery, killing several of them and destroying the weapon. Troops saw one of the insurgents leave the area with the vehicle.

Later in the day, troops observed several more insurgents with weapons taking positions on a rooftop near the train station. Insurgents are known to use the rooftop to conduct sniper attacks. Coalition forces engaged the building with grenades and an air-delivered munition, killing some of the insurgents. Troops saw two remaining insurgents flee into another building, and Coalition forces engaged the building with additional air-delivered munitions, killing the remaining insurgents.

Troops later observed insurgents with weapons moving again at the train station. They engaged the insurgents with artillery, killing the insurgents.

Source: USMC, Multi-National Force-West

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