IRAQ: TWO US SOLDIERS WOUNDED IN ROADSIDE BOMBING IN BAGHDAD

Record ID: 358740

  • Title: IRAQ: TWO US SOLDIERS WOUNDED IN ROADSIDE BOMBING IN BAGHDAD
  • Date: 14th November 2003
  • Summary: (W3) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (NOVEMBER 14, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. WIDE OF U.S. FORCES ON SITE 0.07 2. WIDE OF U.S MILITARY HELICOPTER FLYING OVER SITE 0.09 3. SLV U.S SOLDIERS AT SITE 0.16 4. SLV SOLDIER PULLING OUT A STRETCHER FROM AMBULANCE 0.35 5. WIDE OF U.S. MILITARY MEDVAC HELICOPTER TRYING TO LAND ON THE SITE 0.54 6. VARIOU
  • Embargoed: 29th November 2003 12:00
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  • Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVAEMW9HEXOHM82OTQ4WBCE7GQ7B
  • Story Text: At least two United States soldiers have been
    wounded when a aroadside bomb exploded in Baghdad.




    A roadside bomb exploded in southern Baghdad on
    Friday (November 14) morning, wounding two American
    soldiers, a U.S. officer said.

    "We had a couple of casualties and they have been
    evacuated," Lieutenant Colonel Eric Nants, speaking at the scene of the blast in the Khadra district, told Reuters.

    "I don't know the status of those casualties."
    Witness Ahmed Fahdel said "A roadside bomb was set up
    here, the American forces came to defuse it and that's when it went off on them, and three soldiers were injured."
    Witnesses said the casualties had been evacuated by
    helicopters. Television footage showed bloodstains on the pavement and windows shattered by the explosion.

    Guerrillas have killed 156 U.S. soldiers since
    President George W. Bush declared major combat in Iraq over
    on May 1.




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