AFP - Tue May 24

A US soldier secures the site of a suicide car-bomb just outside Kirkuk. The Army of Ansar al-Sunna said it was behind a car bomb attack on a convoy of a Kurdish official from the party of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani that killed five other people.(AFP/Marwan Ibrahim)

Can you identify this soldier?

Today, 5/26/2005, we received the information below: Thank you sir!!

Hello everyone. There are actually three photos of that car-bomb that exploded in Tuz the other day on Yahoo News. This particular one is of SGT Brian Wilson, a medic from HHT in Kingsport, but assigned to Troop E in Newport who is helping secure the scene. The other photo is of me looking at the wreckage. The third photo is an overall scene photo. The terrorists targeted the leader of the Tuz PUK (a Kurdish political party) who was in the blue SUV in the background a few days ago. I know this man personally and he's a good friend of US forces. He's not out of the woods yet medically speaking, but he did survive. The bad news is that at least 6 civilians died and about 16 were wounded. No US soldiers were any where near the site, but we responded to help very quickly. When the terrorists target civilians like this, it really helps turn public opinion further against the terrorists.

Best wishes to all of our family of one and I thank each of you for all of your support of us and each other. I'm thankful we're at the half way point in the deployment. Hopefully the summer will pass quickly.

Warmest regards,
LTC Frank McCauley.

The other pictures that LTC McCauley referred to are below.

U.S. soldiers and Iraqi police respond after a roadside bomb attack against a U.S. military convoy in Baghdad May 24, 2005. Iraqi police reported that there were several U.S. soldiers injured or killed in the blast but there was no immediate confirmation available from U.S. military authorities. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudan

An Iraqi policeman views a destroyed vehicle after a suicide car bomb attack in Baghdad May 24, 2005. A suicide car bomb targeting an Iraqi police convoy exploded in central Baghdad killing two civilians and wounding at least eight others, police said. Photo by Stringer/Iraq/Reuters

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