Iraq forces repel car bomb attack in Anbar

Iraqi security forces backed by air support used anti-tank missiles to repel the Daesh terrorist group suicide bombers driving explosives-rigged vehicles in Anbar province on Saturday, officers said.

June 06, 2015

Sahoub Baghdadi

 


 


Baghdad — Iraqi security forces backed by air support used anti-tank missiles to repel the Daesh terrorist group suicide bombers driving explosives-rigged vehicles in Anbar province on Saturday, officers said.



An army colonel said security forces used Russian Kornet missiles to destroy two of the vehicles in the Nadhim Al-Taqsim area west of Baghdad, while an Iraqi airstrike destroyed the third.



Interior Ministry spokesman Saad Maan said four vehicles were destroyed, and that the air support came from the US-led coalition against Daesh.



Security forces also used missiles to repel attacks on Anbar bases on Thursday by militants using vehicle bombs — one of the Daesh group’s deadliest tactics.



Last month, Daesh used an unprecedented wave of truck and car bombs when it seized Ramadi, farther west, after which the US said it would send 2,000 anti-tank systems to help repel such attacks.  — AFP


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