- Title: IRAQ: US SOLDIERS AND MILITARY CONVOY COMES UNDER ATTACK IN KHALIDYA
- Date: 11th September 2003
- Summary: (U6) KHALDIYA, BETWEEN RAMADI AND FALLUJA, IRAQ (SEPTEMBER 11, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS OF FIERCE FIRE IN BUILDING (2 SHOTS) 0.06 2. VARIOUS OF U.S. MILITARY VEHICLES ON FIRE (2 SHOTS) 0.18 3. LV FIRE IN BUILDINGS IN THE DISTANCE 0.26 4. SLV BUILDING DAMAGED BY TANK FIRE 0.31 5. VARIOUS OF US. VEHICLE ON FIRE
- Embargoed: 26th September 2003 13:00
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- Location: REUTERS EDIT 448. UPDATE 6, SEPTEMBER 11,2003
- Country: Iraq
- Reuters ID: LVA97G639Y2T7LV4POXD4ILYUQG7
- Story Text: U.S. soldiers have come under attack in
Khaldiya between the flashpoints of Ramadi and Falluja, near
Baghdad on Thursday .
Witnesses said a U.S. military truck broke down on
Thursday (September 11) as it drove in a convoy which
included tanks.
After the soldiers came out of their vehicles to repair
the truck, they apparently came underfire from rocket
propelled grenades.
Residents said the assailants, whom they called
"Mujahideen", were wearing masks when they fired their
weapons.
"This is a warning to any army which wants to come and
take over our country. Any troops coming here we will
attack them like we attack Americans,"one man said.
The soldiers are said to have pulled back to give way
to nearby U.S. tanks which then started firing randomly at
buildings.
"The convoy stopped there because of a mechanical
problem. Seven minutes later the shooting started. Two RPGs
were fired and after that there was random shooting. This a
piece from the RPG," said an Iraqi policeman.
U.S. Central Command did not confirm the incident and
there were no reports of casualties.
The attack happened early in the afternoon at about
4.15pm local time.
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