IRAQ: U.S. MILITARY VEHICLE DESTROYED BY BLAST DURING ATTACK

Record ID: 355493

  • Title: IRAQ: U.S. MILITARY VEHICLE DESTROYED BY BLAST DURING ATTACK
  • Date: 14th August 2003
  • Summary: (U6) MOSUL, IRAQ (AUGUST 12, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. SLV U.S. MILITARY VEHICLES ON STREET; SLV U.S. SOLDIERS PATROLLING; SLV U.S. SOLDIERS ON STREET AS TRAFFIC GOES BY 1.31 2. AV U.S. HELICOPTER PATROLLING THE SKIES; SLV U.S. MILITARY VEHICLES ON STREET 1.45 (W6) TAJI, IRAQ (AUGUST 12, 2003) (REUTERS) 3. SLV FIREMEN FIGHTING OIL PIPELI
  • Embargoed: 29th August 2003 13:00
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  • Location: MOSUL/FALLUJAH/TAJI, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA2071WLWRS38RY8PK72UJ4LR0C
  • Story Text: A U.S. military vehicle in the northern Iraqi city
    of Mosul was destroyed by a blast and and attack took place
    in Fallujah.

    A U.S. military vehicle in the northern Iraqi city
    of Mosul was destroyed by a blast on Tuesday (August 12, 2003)
    and four casualties were taken from the scene, witnesses
    said.

    Locals said the Humvee was hit by a rocket-propelled
    grenade at around 7 p.m. (1500 GMT). Scores of U.S.

    soldiers launched a search of surrounding houses to try to
    track down the attackers.

    There was no immediate comment from the U.S. military.

    Earlier on Tuesday, the U.S. military said one soldier
    was killed and two wounded in a bomb attack in the restive
    Sunni Muslim town of Ramadi, 100 km (60 miles) west of
    Baghdad.

    U.S. officers say die-hard Saddam Hussein loyalists and
    some foreign fighters are behind the guerrilla campaign.

    Firefighters put out a fire, which broke out on Tuesday
    (August 12) after looters attacked the pipeline connecting
    the oil refinery in Kirkuk to Taji.

    "They came to steal petrol and it turned out to be
    oil," a firefighter said.

    Meantime in Fallujah, northwest of the capital,
    passersby said a convoy of the U.S. Army was attacked. The
    military would not confirm the attack nor if any personnel
    was injured. However, possible remnants of an explosive
    device could be seen on the ground.


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