IRAQ: U.S. SOLDIERS ON PATROL AFTER RETAKING EASTERN CITY OF KUT

Record ID: 649184

  • Title: IRAQ: U.S. SOLDIERS ON PATROL AFTER RETAKING EASTERN CITY OF KUT
  • Date: 11th April 2004
  • Summary: (W6) KUT, IRAQ (APRIL 11, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. VARIOUS OF U.S. VEHICLES AND TROOPS ON THE ROADS OF KUT (3 SHOTS) 0.30 2. U.S. SOLDIER WALKING AROUND FRONT OF HUMVEE 0.40 3. U.S. ARMOURED VEHICLE DRIVING 0.51 4. SLV: STATIONARY U.S. VEHICLE AT SIDE OF ROAD WITH CHILDREN AROUND IT 0.57 5. U.S. VEHICLE BY CORNER 1.05 6. U.S. SOLDIER SITTING IN SHADE 1.08 7. WIDE OF U.S. VEHICLE WITH TROOPS IN POSITION 1.18 8. (TRAVELLING SHOT) U.S. VEHICLE IN POSITION AT SIDE OF ROAD 1.22 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 26th April 2004 13:00
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  • Location: KUT, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA7ZHXE31EX0C9RF45G0TDO2FEO
  • Story Text: U.S. soldiers on patrol after retaking the eastern
    town of Kut.


    U.S. troops were on patrol and in position on Sunday
    (April 11) in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut after a week of
    clashes with Shi'ite militiamen.

    U.S.-led troops retook control of the eastern Iraqi
    town of Kut on Friday (April 9) after Ukrainian forces
    withdrew from the city on Wednesday (April 7) and following
    clashes with Shi'ite militiamen loyal to radical cleric
    Moqtada al-Sadr.

    U.S. soldiers were seen to take up positions in the
    city 170 km (105 miles) southeast of Baghdad, with armoured
    vehicles beside roads and streets.

    Sadr's followers had launched an uprising earlier in
    the week, battling U.S.-led forces in Shi'ite areas across
    Iraq. One Ukrainian soldier was killed earlier in the week
    during the fighting in Kut.
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