Christy got a call from Brian yesterday that he had been injured in a car bombing near the gate at his base. He was hit by some debris but was thrown and landed rather hard on his back and head. He was being kept overnight for observation of a concussion. Others had been hit more seriously and flown from the base and one was killed. Brian and Christy had a really bad connection so she had difficulty understanding and hearing him so hopefully he will be able to call today with more details as to how he is.
Here is the report being given out by the Associated Press
Suicide car bomb kills US soldier, wounds 18
By SAMEER N. YACOUB, Associated Press Writer Sun Jun 8, 3:04 PM ET
BAGHDAD - A suicide truck bomber who concealed his explosives under tanned animal hides struck a U.S. patrol base Sunday in northern Iraq, killing one U.S. soldier and wounding 18 other Americans, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.
Two Iraqi contractors working at the base in Tamim province also were wounded, according to a brief statement from the military.
Tamim has a mixed population of Arabs, Kurds and Turkomen, with the oil-rich city of Kirkuk as its capital. Three American soldiers were killed last Wednesday by gunfire in Tamim.
Brig. Sarhat Qadir, a senior officer in the Kirkuk police department, said the bomber targeted a U.S. patrol base in a mostly Sunni Arab residential area in Rashad, about 25 miles southwest of Kirkuk.
The suicide attacker rammed his vehicle into blast walls outside the gates of the small U.S. base, located in a residential neighborhood of Sunni Arabs, Qadir said. He added that the explosives were concealed under tanned animal hides.
She got official word this morning from a phone call from some one in New York who said basically the same thing.
We are very, very glad he wasn't seriously hurt but I am asking for continued prayers for both Brian and Christy and the kids.
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