IRAQ: U.S. ARMY VEHICLE DRIVING IN A CONVOY IS FIRED ON BY UNKNOWN ASSAILANTS ON A HIGHWAY NEAR BAGHDAD

Record ID: 647121

  • Title: IRAQ: U.S. ARMY VEHICLE DRIVING IN A CONVOY IS FIRED ON BY UNKNOWN ASSAILANTS ON A HIGHWAY NEAR BAGHDAD
  • Date: 15th February 2004
  • Summary: (W3) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (FEBRUARY 15, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. VARIOUS OF U.S. ARMY FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE CAR ON FIRE ON HIGHWAY, U.S. ARMY VEHICLES DRIVING PAST (2 SHOTS) 0.12 2. U.S. HELICOPTER HOVERING OVERHEAD 0.18 3. TILT: CLOUD OF BLACK SMOKE RISING INTO SKY WITH HELICOPTER OVERHEAD 0.23 4. BURNING CAR 0.28 5. U.S. ARMY VEHICLES DRIVING PAST SHOPPING CENTRE IN BACKGROUND 0.33 6. HIGHWAY WITH U.S. TANKS IN DISTANCE 0.37 7. BURNING CAR 0.42 8. VARIOUS OF FIREMEN HOSING DOWN CAR (4 SHOTS) 1.09 9. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) MUNTHER MA'ROUF, WITNESS, SAYING: "An American vehicle was coming from this direction (pointing) and a Kia car came from the other direction. Then the occupants of the Kia started firing with a machine gun and not with a rocket-propelled grenade." 1.16 10. VARIOUS OF IRAQI TRUCK WITH BULLET HOLES AT SCENE (3 SHOTS) 1.31 11. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) ABBAS ABDULLA, WITNESS, SAYING: "The last American vehicle (of the convoy) just passed the bridge when the attack happened. (Pointing to Iraqi truck) The Americans hit it from the front." 1.41 12. BURNING CAR 1.47 13. SMOKE FROM BURNING CAR 1.52 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 1st March 2004 12:00
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  • Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVAEC4WW16HEFWHZ4LHZ1C0QDQ9W
  • Story Text: A U.S. vehicle driving in convoy has been fired on by
    unknown assailants on a highway near Baghdad.


    So far there have been no reports of casualties,
    after a U.S. vehicle driving in convoy was fired on by
    unknown assailants.

    "An American vehicle was coming from this direction
    (pointing) and a Kia car came from the other direction,"
    witness Munther Ma'rouf said at the scene, standing next to
    the American vehicle still on fire.

    "Then the occupants of the Kia started firing with a
    machine gun and not with a rocket-propelled grenade," he
    said.

    U.S. forces returned fire, according to the witnesses,
    and hit a truck driving on the same highway.

    Abbas Abdulla, a witness, said: "The last American
    vehicle (of the convoy) just passed the bridge when the
    attack happened. (Pointing to Iraqi truck) The Americans
    hit it from the front."

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