IRAQ: Bomb blast near U.S. convoy sets armoured vehicle ablaze

Record ID: 354313

  • Title: IRAQ: Bomb blast near U.S. convoy sets armoured vehicle ablaze
  • Date: 20th April 2006
  • Summary: BLAST SITE WITH ARMOURED VEHICLE ENGULFED IN SMOKE
  • Embargoed: 5th May 2006 13:00
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  • Location: Iraq
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Domestic Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVAEOJC4R5ZKW67V2EI44Q1XWVTH
  • Story Text: A roadside bomb exploded on Thursday (April 20) close to a U.S. military convoy in southern Baghdad, setting ablaze one U.S. vehicle, police and witnesses said.
    They said that the bomb struck an armoured vehicle was driving in Saydiya neibourhood and wounding at two U.S. soldiers.
    "A bomb went off as a convoy of U.S. armoured vehicles and Humvees was driving by. Two of them, the Americans were hurt in the attack, we saw them but they prevented any one from getting closer. One armoured vehicle was set ablaze," said an eyewitness.
    Television footage showed an armoured vehicle engulfed in smoke and firemen nearby as U.S. troops secured the area.
    The U.S. military could not immediately be reached for comment on the attack.
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