- Title: IRAQ: RESIDENTS CHEER AT NEWS OF ANOTHER SUSPECTED ATTACK ON U.S. MILITARY CONVOY
- Date: 22nd September 2003
- Summary: (EU) KHALDIYA, IRAQ (SEPTEMBER 21, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. SMV HOLE IN TARMAC; BROKEN TARMAC ON ROAD; SLV PEOPLE GATHERED ON ROAD AS BUS PASSES BY; MV RESIDENTS HOLDING PIECES OF METAL FROM US MILITARY VEHICLES AND CHEERING (6 SHOTS) 0.34 2. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) ADEL KHAMIS, RESIDENT OF KHALDIYA, SAYING "Just moments ago a U.S. convoy drove past here.
- Embargoed: 7th October 2003 13:00
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- Location: KHALDIYA, IRAQ
- Country: Iraq
- Reuters ID: LVA15MZ9H37S854PYEPBJGRCDK5W
- Story Text: Residents cheer at the news of another suspected
attack on a US military convoy in Khaldiya, west
of Baghdad.
Residents in Khaldiya, west of the Iraqi capital
Baghdad, said U.S. vehicles were damaged by a landmine or
an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) on the road between
the restive towns of Ramadi and Falluja on Sunday
(September 21).
There was no confirmation from the coalition forces who
said earlier that two soldiers had been killed in a mortar
attack on Abu Ghraib prison and a third had died from a
roadside bomb blast in Ramadi overnight. Thirteen U.S.
soldiers were also wounded in the Abu Ghraib attack.
Holding bits of twisted metal from the military vehicle
witnesses said was damaged by the roadside bomb residents
cheered at the thought of more U.S. victims at the hands of
militants.
A man who lives near the site of the suspected attack
Adel Khamis warned of further attacks on all coalition
forces.
"Just moments ago a U.S. convoy drove past here. There
were different types of military vehicles: two jeeps were
at the front and they were the target. One of them burned
and two or four people were killed. My house is just over
there. To all of the countries of the world I say this: if
you're thinking of sending your troops here, this is what
will happen!" he said.
Other witnesses claimed at least two U.S. soldiers were
killed in the attack as well.
The confirmed deaths of Saturday night's attacks raised
to 79 the number of U.S. soldiers killed by hostile fire
since U.S. President George W. Bush declared major combat
in Iraq over on May 1, following the war that ousted former
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein the previous month.
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