- Title: IRAQ: TWO HUMVEES ARE DAMAGED AFTER A U.S. PATROL IS ATTACKED WEST OF BAGHDAD
- Date: 26th October 2003
- Summary: (U2) KHALIDIYA, 90 KM WEST OF BAGHDAD, IRAQ (OCTOBER 26, 2003) (REUTERS) (NIGHTSHOTS) 1. U.S. PATROL DRIVING ON THE ROAD OF KHALDIYA 0.09 2. LV: FIRE RISING FROM DAMAGED HUMVEES 0.14 3. LV: U.S. MILITARY VEHICLE NEAR THE SITE OF THE ATTACK 0.20 4. PAN: U.S. PATROL AND U.S. VEHICLE TOWING AWAY DAMAGED HUMVEE 1.02 5.
- Embargoed: 10th November 2003 12:00
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- Location: KHALDIYA, WEST OF BAGHDAD, IRAQ
- Country: Iraq
- Reuters ID: LVA5EJZ7XUKK3Q9RN5LDPKINGTY8
- Story Text: A U.S. patrol was attacked west of Baghdad on
Saturday night and two Humvees were damaged.
Witnesses said the convoy came under rattack by
rocket-propelled grenades at 9:00 o'clock local time on
Saturday (October 25) in Khalidiya district, 90 km west of
Baghdad.
One of the two damaged Humvees was towed away, while
the wreckage of the other was left on the road .
"A U.S. convoy was attacked by rockets. Two Humvees
were damaged in Khalidiya and these are their damaged
parts," said a resident of the area.
The U.S. military in Baghdad have not yet confirmed the
incident.
Khaldiya is situated in the so-called "Sunni triangle"
north and west of the capital Baghdad, home to loyalists
of the ousted leader Saddam Hussein and scene of most of
the daily attacks on U.S. forces.
Guerrillas fighting the U.S.-led occupation have killed
108 U.S. soldiers since May 1. Many Iraqi civilians have
also been killed in attacks aimed at occupying forces or as
a result of crossfire.
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