UAV kills 6 heavily armed enemy combatants in Iraq

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An unmanned aerial vehicle fired a Hellfire missile killing six heavily armed enemy combatants at approximately 9:45 p.m. April 10 in Baghdad, Iraq.

Coalition forces from Multinational Division - Baghdad operating the UAV observed a large group of enemy combatants with rocket-propelled grenade launchers and a mortar tube in northeast Baghdad at approximately 9:30 p.m. 

"U.S. Soldiers and their Iraqi partners are always vigilant in our efforts to protect the Iraqi people from enemy combatants," said Lt. Col. Steve Stover from the Multinational Division - Baghdad. "We remain committed to their safety, welfare and well-being."

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