- Title: IRAQ: UNITED STATES HUMVEE ON FIRE ON THE QANAT HIGHWAY
- Date: 10th September 2004
- Summary: (W6) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (SEPTEMBER 8, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. WIDE OF PLUME OF SMOKE FROM BURNING HUMVEE 2. SMOKE BILLOWING, FLAMES 3. U.S. MILITARY VEHICLE NEARBY 4. PLUME OF SMOKE/ U.S. HELICOPTER FLYING OVERHEAD 5. SMOKE BILLOWING / FLAMES 6. U.S. MILITARY VEHICLE; SMOKE BILLOWING/ FLAMES 7. U.S. HELICOPTER FL
- Embargoed: 25th September 2004 13:00
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- Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
- Country: Iraq
- Reuters ID: LVAIDCU80ZM637KZCI9RAJ2TK53
- Story Text: U.S. humvee on fire in east Baghdad.
Smoke and flames billowed from a U.S. humvee on the
Qanat highway in east Baghdad on Wednesday (September 8, 2004).
The U.S. military claimed no knowledge of the incident.
The Pentagon announced that the U.S. death toll in Iraq
had topped 1,000 on Wednesday, equivalent to around two
deaths a day since U.S.-led forces invaded Iraq in March
2003.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in a report to the
U.N. Security Council on Tuesday, said violence in Iraq may
threaten elections scheduled for January 2005. Postponing
the vote would be a severe blow for the U.S.-backed interim
government.
The politically sensitive benchmark of 1,000 U.S.
deaths, which could play a role in the U.S. presidential
campaign, was surpassed after a surge of fighting in Muslim
Sunni areas and Shi'ite enclaves.
In May last year, U.S. President George W. Bush
declared major combat operations over. Since then more than
800 U.S. soldiers have been killed in action.
As well as the 1,003 dead, nearly 7,000 U.S. troops
have been wounded since the U.S-led invasion. At the same
time, independent analysts estimate that more than 10,000
Iraqis have been killed since the war was launched.
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