Posted by gw bush on June 20th, 2008 | Categorized as Troops | Tagged as Diyala
Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080620-07
June 20, 2008
Coalition Force Soldiers attacked in Diyala
Multi-National Division – North
TIKRIT, Iraq – One Soldier was killed and five wounded in three roadside bomb attacks on Coalition force patrols in Diyala province June 20.
All casualties were evacuated to a Coalition hospital.
The name [...]
Posted by gw bush on June 12th, 2008 | Categorized as Troops | Tagged as Diyala, Georgia, kordzaia
A Georgian soldier was killed on a combat mission in Iraq on June 4, the Georgian Ministry of Defense said on Thursday.
Squad commander Irakli Kordzaia, 28, was killed when a checkpoint in the province of Diyala came under repeat fire, Giga Tatishvili, deputy chief of staff of the Georgian army, said.
This is the third combat [...]
Posted by gw bush on May 3rd, 2008 | Categorized as Troops | Tagged as Diyala, Georgia, Giorgi Margiev, Zura Gvenetadze
Two Georgian servicemen were killed and one was injured in Iraq on May 2, the Georgian Ministry of Defense said on Saturday.
Lieutenant Giorgi Margiev and Corporal Zura Gvenetadze died after their Hummer was hit by an improvised explosive device in the province of Diyala while being on patrol mission, Giga Tatishvili, deputy chief of staff [...]