Balad hospital treats Baquba VBIED victims

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Senior Airman Nina Valdez, 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group laboratory technician, prepares a blood sample taken from an Iraqi patient at the Air Force Theater Hospital here, April 15. The patient was transported, along with nine other injured Iraqi adults, to the AFTH, after a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device exploded in Baquba. Thirty-five Iraqi citizens were killed and 66 injured in the explosion. The attack was the first suicide bomber attack in the region in nearly three months. Airman Valdez is deployed from Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. (U.S. Air Force photo /Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)

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Balad hospital treats Baquba VBIED victims

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Capt. Ronnie Leslie, 332nd Expeditionary Aeromedical Squadron laboratory officer in charge, annotates the amount and type of blood being administered to an Iraqi patient in the emergency room at the Air Force Theater Hospital here, April 15. Ten Iraqi adults were transported and admitted to the AFTH after being injured in a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device explosion in Baquba. Captain Leslie is deployed from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)

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Balad hospital treats Baquba VBIED victims

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Master Sgt. Timoteo Cadena, 332nd Expeditionary Medical Operations Squadron emergency room technician, prepares a unit of blood before administering it to an Iraqi trauma patient in the emergency room of the Air Force Theater Hospital here, April 15. The patient was one of ten Iraqi civilians who were transported to the AFTH after a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attack in Baquba. The attack was the first suicide attack in the area in nearly three months. Sergeant Cadena is deployed from Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)

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Balad hospital treats Baquba VBIED victims

Published April 16, 2008
By Multi National Division - North Public Affairs Office

BAQOUBA, Iraq -- Thirty-five Iraqi citizens were killed and 66 were wounded in a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attack in Baquba, Diyala Province, April 15.

One Iraqi Policeman was killed and one also wounded in the attack. Three buses were destroyed and 10 local shops were damaged.

Several of the wounded Iraqi citizens are being treated at the Air Force Theater Hospital, Balad Air Base.

"These acts are intended to inflict fear into the local population and are just another example of the cruelty of the anti-Iraqi insurgency," said Maj. Peggy Kageleiry, a spokeswoman for Multi-National Division-North.

"Although attacks such as today's event are tragic, it is not indicative of the overall security situation in Baquba," said Maj. Mike Garcia, spokesman for the Coalition forces responsible for Diyala province. "This is the first suicide attack inside Baquba in almost 90 days, and the overall violence in the city has decreased by 80 percent since June."

For more information, visit Multi National Corps - Iraq Web page.