IRAQ: U.S. SOLDIERS AND AN IRAQI INTERPRETER WERE KILLED IN A GUN AND BOMB ATTACK IN BAGHDAD.

Record ID: 377060

  • Title: IRAQ: U.S. SOLDIERS AND AN IRAQI INTERPRETER WERE KILLED IN A GUN AND BOMB ATTACK IN BAGHDAD.
  • Date: 21st July 2003
  • Summary: (U4) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (JULY, 2003) (REUTERS ACCESS-ALL) 1. VARIOUS: STILL PICTURES OF THE U.S. VEHICLES ON FIRE. (4 SHOTS) 0.22 2. WS: OF THE INCIDENT SITE. 0.27 3. MLV: U.S. DAMAGED VEHICLE. 0.33 4. CU: U.S. SOLDIERS INVESTIGATING THE DAMAGED VEHICLE. 0.38 5. MLV: TWO U.S. SOLDIERS WATCHING. 0.42 6. VARIOUS: OF THE DAM
  • Embargoed: 5th August 2003 13:00
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  • Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA5D9IYW1P0NLHAFPWUSN4CMJBJ
  • Story Text: : A U.S. soldier and an Iraqi interpreter were killed in
    a gun and bomb attack in Baghdad on Monday when a U.S.

    military vehicle was blown up on Monday in Baghdad, apparently
    by a rocket-propelled grenade.



    A U.S. military vehicle was blown up on Monday in
    Baghdad, apparently by a rocket-propelled grenade, and at
    least two soldiers riding in it may have been killed.

    " There were five people injured in the accident. One
    Iraqi and one American were killed there and three soldiers
    were injured and they were taken to a nearby hospital, I don't
    have their current status, but I believe they are in a stable
    condition". Colonel John Kem said.

    Eyewitnesses reported seeing a U.S. military vehicle blown
    up on a city street around the same time, although the
    spokesman could not confirm that this was the fatal incident.

    Local journalist Rosie Garthwaite of the Baghdad Bulletin
    saw the U.S. vehicle destroyed in a blast, leaving a mangled
    wreck pouring black smoke high into the hot summer morning.

    Local people told her they had seen two people dead inside.

    Four U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi U.N. driver were killed
    between Friday and Sunday in attacks blamed by U.S. officials
    on die-hard loyalists of deposed leader Saddam Hussein.

    In all, 38 U.S. soldiers have now died at enemy hands
    since President George W. Bush declared an end to major combat
    operations on May 1.

    That has increased pressure at home for signs of a reduction in the
    U.S. role in occupying Iraq.

    Saddam is believed to be hiding somewhere in Iraq and
    issuing taped messages urging his followers to attack the
    Americans and any Iraqis who work with them.





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