Grinder
2 August 2003, 13:03
U.S. soldier killed in Iraq attack
Raids in Tikrit turn up three ‘associates’ of Saddam
MSNBC NEWS SERVICES
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 2 — A U.S. soldier was killed and three were wounded in a rocket-propelled grenade attack on their convoy east of Baghdad, the military reported Saturday.
THE SOLDIER, killed late Friday, was the 52nd to die in combat in Iraq since President Bush declared major fighting over on May 1. So far 167 soldiers have died in the Iraq War, 20 more than during the 1991 Gulf War.
The Arab satellite television broadcaster Al-Jazeera reported that one U.S. soldier also died Saturday morning in an attack north of the capital, but the military said it had no details on the incident.
The military also announced Saturday that U.S. soldiers, firing in self-defense, had killed a woman Friday who was standing near where attackers dropped an explosive from an overpass onto the U.S. convoy below.
Raids in Tikrit turn up three ‘associates’ of Saddam
MSNBC NEWS SERVICES
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 2 — A U.S. soldier was killed and three were wounded in a rocket-propelled grenade attack on their convoy east of Baghdad, the military reported Saturday.
THE SOLDIER, killed late Friday, was the 52nd to die in combat in Iraq since President Bush declared major fighting over on May 1. So far 167 soldiers have died in the Iraq War, 20 more than during the 1991 Gulf War.
The Arab satellite television broadcaster Al-Jazeera reported that one U.S. soldier also died Saturday morning in an attack north of the capital, but the military said it had no details on the incident.
The military also announced Saturday that U.S. soldiers, firing in self-defense, had killed a woman Friday who was standing near where attackers dropped an explosive from an overpass onto the U.S. convoy below.