- Title: IRAQ: US SOLDIER AND INTERPRETER KILLED IN GRENADE ATTACK NORTH OF BAGHDAD
- Date: 21st July 2003
- Summary: (W4) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (JULY, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. WIDE OF IRAQI POLICE AT SITE OF ATTACK 0.02 2. VARIOUS OF AFTERMATH OF ATTACK WITH REMAINS OF US MILITARY VEHICLE APPARENTLY BLOWN UP BY AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE, KILLING A SOLDIER FROM THE FIRST ARMORED DIVISION AND AN IRAQI INTERPRETER 0.08 3. VARIOUS OF U.S. TROOPS SURROUNDING THE SIT
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- Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
- Country: Iraq
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- Story Text: A U.S. soldier from the 1st Armored Division and his
Iraqi interpreter were killed in a grenade and small arms
attack in north Baghdad Monday.
A U.S. soldier and an Iraqi interpreter were killed in
an attack in Baghdad on Monday (July 21).
A U.S. military spokesman, reading from a statement, said
that "at 10:30 a.m. (0630 GMT) a first Armored Division
soldier was killed in action and an Iraqi interpreter was also
killed. It was a small arms and IED (improvised explosive
device) attack.".
The spokesman said the military had no further information
on the soldier's death.
It brought to 152 the number of U.S. troops killed in action since the
March 20 start of war five more than during the 1991 Gulf War.
Eyewitnesses reported seeing a U.S. military vehicle blown
up on a city street around the same time, although the
spokesman could not confirm that this was the fatal incident
mentioned in the statement.
Local journalist Rosie Garthwaite of the Baghdad Bulletin
saw the U.S. vehicle destroyed in a blast, leaving a mangled
wreck pouring black smoke high in the sky.
An Iraqi eyewitness said he saw two bodies in the vehicle.
"We saw the damaged U.S. vehicle, and I think two U.S.
soldiers and an Iraqi translator were killed."
U.S. soldiers have come under increasing guerrilla-style
attacks in recent weeks.
Four U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi U.N. driver were killed
between Friday and Sunday in attacks blamed by U.S. officials
on die-hard loyalists of deposed leader Saddam Hussein.
In all, 38 U.S. soldiers have now died in attacks since
President George W. Bush declared an end to major combat
operations on May 1.
That has increased pressure in the United States for signs of a
reduction in the U.S. role in occupying Iraq.
Saddam is believed to be hiding somewhere in Iraq and
issuing taped messages urging his followers to attack the
Americans and any Iraqis who work with them.
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