Terrorist blows himself up

MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ
COMBINED PRESS INFORMATION CENTER
TIKRIT, Iraq – A terrorist bomber was killed Jan. 12 near Tal Afar when the IED he was emplacing detonated prematurely.
Soldiers from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment discovered the bomber's body and part of a shovel near a roadside blast crater.
This is the second such incident over the past three days. Two terrorists were killed Jan. 9 while emplacing an IED near Samarra .
Roadways are consistently monitored throughout the area by security forces, to curb the ability of terrorists to dig holes in the roads to plant IEDs for indiscriminate attacks on civilians, Iraqi and Coalition forces.
Anti-Iraqi forces and terrorists choose well-traveled roads to bury IEDs and mines in a blind effort to kill civilians or security forces. Iraqi and Coalition Soldiers, as well as Iraqi Police, provide route patrols whose sole mission is to locate the IEDs and capture those responsible for their emplacement in order to prevent the destruction of life and travel routes around the country.