IRAQ: U.S. SOLDIER KILLED AND THREE WOUNDED IN BOMB ATTACK IN TIKRIT.

Record ID: 355648

  • Title: IRAQ: U.S. SOLDIER KILLED AND THREE WOUNDED IN BOMB ATTACK IN TIKRIT.
  • Date: 2nd October 2003
  • Summary: (W5) TIKRIT, IRAQ (OCTOBER 1, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV/PAN; MILITARY HUMVEE DRIVES OFF 0.03 2. MCU; U.S. SOLDIER SPEAKING ON TWO WAY RADIO 0.08 3. LV/GV: SMOKE FROM EXPLOSION (2 SHOTS) 0.15 4. VARIOUS: WOUNDED U.S. SOLDIERS BEING LIFTED ON STRETCHERS FROM BACK OF TRUCK (7 SHOTS) 1.00 5. MV/GV: MORE OF U.S. SOLDIERS
  • Embargoed: 17th October 2003 13:00
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  • Location: TIKRIT, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA24B6SRV5CEMRSZW2ATQQAY17U
  • Story Text: One U.S. soldier killed and at three wounded in bomb attack
    close to main U.S. military base in Tikrit, Iraq.



    A U.S. soldier was killed and three other soldiers
    were wounded on Wednesday (October 1) by a bomb blast near
    the entrance to the main U.S. military base in Saddam
    Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, the U.S. military said.

    The remote controlled bomb was detonated as a convoy of
    several vehicles headed towards the base, the headquarters
    of the U.S. Army's 27,000-strong 4th Infantry Division
    lo
    cated in one of Saddam's country palaces on the edge of
    Tikrit.

    U.S. forces in the Tikrit area have come under frequent
    attack from guerrillas, believed by U.S. commanders to be
    mainly Saddam loyalists and foreign Islamic militants.

    The U.S.-led military task force in Iraq says more than
    700 soldiers have been wounded in attacks since May 1, when
    major combat was declared over in the war that ousted
    Saddam.



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