Firefight claims insurgents

 

Sgt. Jake Richardson (right), of St. Johns, Ariz., points out insurgent firing positions to his gunner while Sgt. Erik Osterman of Tempe, Ariz retrieves an AT4 rocket launcher from the vehicle during a firefight in Baghdad’s Adhamiyah neighborhood June 16 that ended with one insurgent dead and three captured. Both Soldiers are with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, based in Schweinfurt, Germany. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael Pryor.

BAGHDAD — What started as a routine patrol turned into a shootout that left one insurgent dead and three others in custody after an intense, 20-minute gun battle on the streets of Baghdad’s Adhamiyah District June 16.

Soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment were on a mounted patrol when they began receiving small arms fire from a small group of ski mask-wearing insurgents on a rooftop. The Soldiers returned fire and the insurgents fled. A wild chase through the city streets followed as the Soldiers attempted to cut off the insurgents’ escape route.

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