IRAQ: Roadside bomb near Iraqi special forces in Baghdad kills one soldier, wounds three

Record ID: 354578

  • Title: IRAQ: Roadside bomb near Iraqi special forces in Baghdad kills one soldier, wounds three
  • Date: 28th April 2006
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) MUSHTAQ TALIB, AN IRAQI POLICEMAN SAYING: "Our patrols arrived. Two patrols. One of them was for Yasser (a colleague). It was parking here (TALIB POINTS) but then when the patrol turned around a roadside bomb exploded close to it. Ali Salman was killed in the blast. Yasser was wounded in his hand and legs and the third one lost both his legs."
  • Embargoed: 13th May 2006 13:00
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  • Location: Iraq
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVA2F53KZWJ9FZTN9OZGQF39L3UO
  • Story Text: A roadside bomb went off close to an Iraqi special forces in Baghdad on Friday (April 28), killing one soldier and wounding three others, police said.
    Police said the attack took place in al-Amil neighbourhood of western Baghdad.
    "Our patrols arrived. Two patrols. One of them was for Yasser (a colleague). It was parking here (TALIB POINTS) but then when the patrol turned around a roadside bomb exploded close to it. Ali Salman was killed in the blast. Yasser was wounded in his hand and legs and the third one lost both his legs," said Mushtaq Talib, an Iraqi policeman.
    Insurgents determined to undermine Iraq's security forces target police daily, using car bombs, explosives planted in the road and drive-by shootings.
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