IRAQ: THREE U.S SOLDIERS WOUNDED IN ATTACK IN TIKRUT

Record ID: 355761

  • Title: IRAQ: THREE U.S SOLDIERS WOUNDED IN ATTACK IN TIKRUT
  • Date: 16th December 2003
  • Summary: (U3) TIKRIT, IRAQ (DECEMBER 16,2003)(REUTERS) 1. VARIOUS OF INJURED SOLDIERS ON STRETCHERS 0.21 2. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) SERGEANT MAJOR CESAR CASTRO, 122BATTALION, SAYING "My commander and I expect more type of incidents like this, IED's (improvised explosive devices) with the capture of Saddam Hussein. The same as earlier with Uday and Qusay.
  • Embargoed: 31st December 2003 12:00
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  • Location: TIKRIT, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA1S7UKGJ94F4KWV5D6RIK5YUQH
  • Story Text: Three U.S. soldiers wounded in a roadside explosion
    in the Iraqi town of Tikrit.



    Three U.S. soldiers were wounded on Tuesday
    (December 16), when a roadside bomb hit a military patrol
    in Tikrit, hometown of captured Iraqi dictator Saddam
    Hussein, U.S. officers said.

    They said an improvised explosive device (IED)
    detonated near the soldiers' vehicle while on patrol in the
    town, 170 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad.

    A Reuters reporter saw two soldiers being brought into
    a U.S. military base. The injuries of the three were
    described as not life-threatening. "My commander and
    I expect more type of incidents like
    this, IED's (improvised explosive devices) with the capture
    of Saddam Hussein. The same as earlier with Uday and
    Qusay," said U.S. Sergeant Major Cesar Castro.

    Saddam was captured on Saturday (December 13) at an
    underground hideout 15 km (nine miles) south of Tikrit.

    Iraqi insurgents have killed 198 U.S. soldiers since
    major combat was declared over on May 1.


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