From MNF-I, SOI prevent suicide attack.
TIKRIT, Iraq – Members of the Sons of Iraq, or Abna al-Iraq, engaged a suicide bomber before he could detonate his explosive device in Kirkuk Province April 1.
Iraqi Police and members of the SOI engaged a man wearing a suicide vest on Market Street in Hawijah, preventing any casualties.
The SOI are an armed neighborhood watch group in Kirkuk and are part of the Isnad, meaning “unity” in Arabic, movement.
“The quick reaction by these local heroes prevented a possible tragedy,” said Maj. Dan Meyers, a U.S. military spokesman in northern Iraq.
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