IRAQ: BOMB EXPLODES NEAR AN IRAQI ARMY PATROL /SECOND BOMB EXPLODES NEAR TO A UNITED STATES CONVOY

Record ID: 358526

  • Title: IRAQ: BOMB EXPLODES NEAR AN IRAQI ARMY PATROL /SECOND BOMB EXPLODES NEAR TO A UNITED STATES CONVOY
  • Date: 5th April 2005
  • Summary: (W2) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (APRIL 5, 2005) (REUTERS) 1. SLV IRAQI POLICE CARS ARRIVING AT SITE WHERE BOMB EXPLODED NEAR AIRPORT KILLING ONE CIVILIAN; SLV IRAQI POLICE IN STREET 0.09 2. SLV U.S. TROOPS SEALING OFF AREA; SLV U.S. SOLDIER CARRYING BARBED WIRE TO BLOCK OFF ROAD; SLV U.S. SOLDIERS AT SITE OF BLAST; SLV BLAST SITE WITH U.S. FORCES ON SITE (4 SHO
  • Embargoed: 20th April 2005 13:00
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  • Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVAAEGYHFZMTO8P5RP2879CBIKNK
  • Story Text: Bomb explodes near Iraq army patrol, kills civilian,
    wounds two others. A second car bomb near U.S.

    convoy wounds at least three.

    A car bomb exploded near an Iraqi army patrol close
    to Baghdad's international airport on Tuesday (April 5, 2005),
    killing one civilian and wounding two others, police
    sources said.

    Police at the site said that the car bomb was targeting
    a U.S. military convoy in the area.

    "At 0900 o'clock (0500 GMT) in the morning, a car bomb
    exploded near a U.S. convoy, damaging one civilian car,
    killing one civilian and wounding two others."
    The thunderous explosion shook buildings in the airport
    and was heard across the south-western part of the capital.

    In another attack, a car bomb exploded near a U.S.

    convoy in Baghdad's southern neighbourhood of Dora,
    wounding three civilians, police said.

    According to police sources, the car bomb damaged a
    U.S. military vehicle and a civilian car.

    The U.S. military had no immediate comments on the
    attack.

    Insurgents fighting to overthrow Iraq's U.S.-backed
    government are increasingly targeting Iraqi and U.S.

    convoys and checkpoints with suicide car bombs.

    U.S. officers say this shows that insurgents are
    finding it harder to attack better protected targets.


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