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| Keywords: Along Iraqi-Syrian border, Marines' progress notable despite recent insurge DVIDS26607.jpg en Lance Cpl Lawrence F Hiller a 24-year-old from Austin Texas fired his M249 machine gun at a suicide bomber who attempted to ram his vehicle into one of the Marines' forward operating bases July 13 2006 All that remains of the incident is a burnt chassis The car bomb was described by Lt Col Nicholas F Marano the battalion's commanding officer as possibly the largest IED attack against Marines deployed near the border One Marine 24-year-old Lance Cpl Lawrence F Hiller of Austin Texas is credited to stopping the suicide bomber from breaching the Marines' outpost and causing further damage Hiller's actions quite possibly saved lives according to Marano Had Lance Cpl Hiller not been alert at his post this incident could have easily become catastrophic said Marano Since the battalion arrived here four months ago the Marines have encountered mostly IED attacks they say Firefights between insurgents and Marines in this area have become rare since a large-scale offensive operation was launched in November 2005 to hamper the terrorists' control of the area Back then a previous Marine unit fought face-to-face daily with enemy forces during the four-week operation which resulted in an estimated 150 insurgents killed or captured Photo by Cpl Antonio Rosas 2006-07-13 Staff Sgt James Goodwin https //www dvidshub net/image/26607 26607 2006-07-26 06 06 WESTERN AL ANBAR PROVINCE IQ PD-USGov United States Marine Corps in Iraq Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ | ||||
