IRAQ: SIX IRAQI GUARDSMEN REPORTED KILLED IN CAR BOMB ATTACK IN BAQUBA.

Record ID: 355531

  • Title: IRAQ: SIX IRAQI GUARDSMEN REPORTED KILLED IN CAR BOMB ATTACK IN BAQUBA.
  • Date: 4th August 2004
  • Summary: (EU) BAQUBA, IRAQ (AUGUST 3, 2004)(REUTERS-ACCESS ALL) 1. LV/GV: SITE AND U.S. SOLDIERS AT THE SITE (2 SHOTS) 0.10 2. GV: BODIES IN BLACK BAGS IN U.S. HUMVEE 0.15 3. GV: U.S. HUMVEE CARRYING THE BODIES 0.19 4. GV/CU: IRAQI SOLDIERS SHOWING THE ENGINE OF THE EXPLODED CAR (2 SHOTS) 0.30 5. VARIOUS: U.S. SOLDIERS AT THE SITE;
  • Embargoed: 19th August 2004 13:00
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  • Location: BAQUBA,IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA1G978I77TPQZZSXVRSB4V5RKM
  • Story Text: Six Iraqi national guardsmen were reported to have
    been killed in a car bomb attack at a checkpoint north of
    Baghdad.



    A car bomb exploded at a checkpoint north of
    Baghdad on Tuesday (August 3) , killing six Iraqi national
    guardsmen and wounding four others, the U.S. military said.

    The suicide car bomb blast at a checkpoint outside the
    volatile town of Baquba wounded six other Iraqi guardsmen,
    said National Guard Lieutenant Mohamed al-Dulaimi at the
    scene.

    Major Deborah Stewart of the 1st Infantry Division said
    the attack occurred just outside the town of Baquba, 65 km
    (40 miles) north of Baghdad, at around 2.30 p.m. (1030 GMT).

    Stewart said the wounded were evacuated by 1st Infantry
    Division soldiers to a nearby hospital.

    Baquba has been the scene of numerous insurgent strikes
    in recent months, including a suicide car bomb attack last
    week that killed 70 people, many of them young men lining
    up to join the police force.



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