Grinder
12 August 2003, 14:59
By Kathleen T. Rhem
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11, 2003 - An American soldier from the 4th
Infantry Division was killed in an "improvised explosive
attack" that wounded two others late Aug. 10. Three other
American soldiers have died in Iraq in the past several
days. Despite these deaths, coalition forces continue to
make progress throughout the country.
The Aug. 10 attack occurred about 9:45 p.m. near the police
station in the northern Iraq town of Baqubah, U.S. Central
Command officials said. Few other details are available.
A day earlier, a soldier with the 3rd Corps Support Command
"died from apparent heat stress" while riding in a convoy
north of Ad Diwaniyah. Also on Aug. 9, a 2nd Armored Cavalry
Regiment soldier "was found dead in troop living quarters"
in Baghdad around 5 p.m. local time, according to CENTCOM
news releases.
Another soldier from the 4th Inf. Div. "died while sleeping"
at a camp in Kirkush Aug. 8, CENTCOM officials said.
In other developments, CENTCOM announced Aug. 9 that Mahmud
Dhiyab al-Ahmad, No. 29 on the list of 55 most-wanted
officials from Saddam Hussein's regime, had surrendered to
coalition forces Aug. 8.
Coalition forces continue their day-to-day efforts to
improve Iraqi citizens' lives. Soldiers from the 101st
Airborne Division helped renovate an Olympic-sized swimming
pool in Mosul, which opened to the public Aug. 8.
Engineers from the 101st first saw the pool "surrounded by
piles of trash and debris and (with) only four feet of
water in it," according to an Aug. 10 CENTCOM news release.
"A heavy-equipment platoon and a construction platoon
worked with local contractors to level the ground and make
the needed renovations to the pool and its main pool
house."
The soldiers then brought in "close to 100 truckloads of
dirt to level off the ground around the pool," the release
said. The crews also fixed the pipes, filters and tanks.
Iraqi Agriculture Ministry workers returned to work in new
office space Aug. 8, thanks to the efforts of 4th Inf. Div.
Soldiers. American soldiers and about 100 local Iraqi
workers cleaned and painted the building's exterior, and
replaced windows and wiring. They also installed desks,
copy machines, computers and fans for the building's 50
occupants.
The project cost about $85,000, which came out of the unit
commander's "discretionary funds," the CENTCOM release
stated. Another $10,000 went toward purchasing office
furniture.
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11, 2003 - An American soldier from the 4th
Infantry Division was killed in an "improvised explosive
attack" that wounded two others late Aug. 10. Three other
American soldiers have died in Iraq in the past several
days. Despite these deaths, coalition forces continue to
make progress throughout the country.
The Aug. 10 attack occurred about 9:45 p.m. near the police
station in the northern Iraq town of Baqubah, U.S. Central
Command officials said. Few other details are available.
A day earlier, a soldier with the 3rd Corps Support Command
"died from apparent heat stress" while riding in a convoy
north of Ad Diwaniyah. Also on Aug. 9, a 2nd Armored Cavalry
Regiment soldier "was found dead in troop living quarters"
in Baghdad around 5 p.m. local time, according to CENTCOM
news releases.
Another soldier from the 4th Inf. Div. "died while sleeping"
at a camp in Kirkush Aug. 8, CENTCOM officials said.
In other developments, CENTCOM announced Aug. 9 that Mahmud
Dhiyab al-Ahmad, No. 29 on the list of 55 most-wanted
officials from Saddam Hussein's regime, had surrendered to
coalition forces Aug. 8.
Coalition forces continue their day-to-day efforts to
improve Iraqi citizens' lives. Soldiers from the 101st
Airborne Division helped renovate an Olympic-sized swimming
pool in Mosul, which opened to the public Aug. 8.
Engineers from the 101st first saw the pool "surrounded by
piles of trash and debris and (with) only four feet of
water in it," according to an Aug. 10 CENTCOM news release.
"A heavy-equipment platoon and a construction platoon
worked with local contractors to level the ground and make
the needed renovations to the pool and its main pool
house."
The soldiers then brought in "close to 100 truckloads of
dirt to level off the ground around the pool," the release
said. The crews also fixed the pipes, filters and tanks.
Iraqi Agriculture Ministry workers returned to work in new
office space Aug. 8, thanks to the efforts of 4th Inf. Div.
Soldiers. American soldiers and about 100 local Iraqi
workers cleaned and painted the building's exterior, and
replaced windows and wiring. They also installed desks,
copy machines, computers and fans for the building's 50
occupants.
The project cost about $85,000, which came out of the unit
commander's "discretionary funds," the CENTCOM release
stated. Another $10,000 went toward purchasing office
furniture.