Specific Location. Army An Army patrol or convoy of two Bradleys was making its way back to a base in Kalsu, Iraq, when an Iraqi man in a blue 4-door Chevy Caprice Classic approached the patrol, getting right behind one of the Bradleys, and then in-between the Bradleys.
In a sworn witness statement, a U. The Iraqi man's vehicle steered off the road. By the time Army personnel arrived approximately 60 local nationals were surrounding the car and the body was gone. Army personnel were not able to locate the body. At am an Army patrol noticed a dump truck parked on the side of a road. Approximately rounds were fired. At that point the Army patrol heard screaming from the vehicle. The Army patrol found year-old Ali Salem Gaber with bullet wounds in both his legs.
The Army patrol attempted to render medical aid but Gaber died within minutes. A search of the vehicle conducted by the Iraqi armed forces revealed no contraband. The investigating officer determined that all Army personal had followed the Rules Of Engagement but recommended that the operating rules as to how to approach VBIEDs be altered. It was recommended that Army patrols use bullhorns to call out to civilians since shouting from meters away may not be heard.
It appears from a document in the file that someone filed a claim for the damage to the vehicle and was awarded 10, Iraqi Dinars. No statements from Iraqi witnesses were taken. Army Army Army Army An Army patrol conducting an Improvised Explosive Device IED ambush came upon three Iraqi men in a van along the side of a road carrying a black tire with something inside it along an area known to be an IED site. The Army patrol fired one shot and one of the individuals started running.
The van then fled and the Army patrol fired two shots at the van. The van was located 30 minutes later and one of the three Iraqi men was found. He had been shot in the leg and was bleeding. He died from his wounds. At the scene of where the first shot was fired a tire with two artillery rounds placed in the middle was found.
