IRAQ: ONE IRAQI IS KILLED IN FIREFIGHT WITH U.S. TROOPS IN BAGHDAD AFTER IRAQI GUERILLLAS FIRE A ROCKET PROPELLED GRENADE AT A HUMVEE

Record ID: 376234

  • Title: IRAQ: ONE IRAQI IS KILLED IN FIREFIGHT WITH U.S. TROOPS IN BAGHDAD AFTER IRAQI GUERILLLAS FIRE A ROCKET PROPELLED GRENADE AT A HUMVEE
  • Date: 7th August 2003
  • Summary: (W4) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (AUGUST 7, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. SLV: SMOKE RISING ALONG STREET, U.S. MILITARY VEHICLES STATIONARY IN ROAD AS GUNFIRE HEARD 0.14 2. SLV: U.S. TROOPS TAKING COVER BEHIND VEHICLE AS SHOTS FIRED 0.31 3. MV: U.S. TROOPS WALKING SLOWLY BEHIND VEHICLE, AIMING WEAPONS 0.45 4. VARIOUS U.S. TROOPS TAKING COVER (AUDIO OF GUNFI
  • Embargoed: 22nd August 2003 13:00
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  • Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA1BBCF1JOI2N05JXVUYCSM4L3F
  • Story Text: One Iraqi has been killed in a firefight with U.S.

    troops in Baghdad after Iraqi guerillas fired a rocket
    propelled grenade at a Humvee.


    Iraqi guerrillas fired a rocket- propelled grenade
    that set ablaze a U.S. military vehicle in central Baghdad
    on Thursday (August 7), inflicting U.S. casualties,
    witnesses said.

    Reuters photographer Oleg Popov who was at the scene
    said U.S. soldiers opened fire after the attack, killing at
    least one man who appeared to be a bystander.

    The witnesses said the Humvee was driving near the Palm
    Hotel when guerrillas fired the grenade. Four soldiers were
    inside the vehicle when it was hit and they suffered
    serious wounds, they said.

    A U.S. force engaged the attackers, exchanging intense
    small arms fire.

    There was no immediate comment on the incident from the
    U.S. military in Baghdad.

    Two U.S. soldiers were killed and one was wounded,
    along with an Iraqi interpreter, in a gunbattle in Baghdad
    on Wednesday night.

    (jrc/lh)


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