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July 22nd,
2009 - US Says 3 Killed in Iraq Attack News article from the Associated Press |
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US Says 3 Killed in Iraq Attack By Chelsea J. Carter Associated Press July 22, 2009 Baghdad - A U.S. military
spokesman in Iraq says American soldiers have killed two people who attempted
to throw grenades at a convoy west of Baghdad. In addition, Lt. Col. Philip
Smith says one civilian was killed and four were wounded during the attack Tuesday
on the American convoy in Abu Ghraib. An Iraqi police official
gives a conflicting account of casualties. He says four civilians - a boy and
three bus drivers - were killed when U.S. forces opened fire on the attackers
near a bus station. The official spoke on
condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to media. Copyright © 2009 The
Associated Press. External link: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hwK_CSpBxsNuVUEaDuOwmSSCiqGwD99JDOLG4 Three Iraqis killed after US
convoy comes under attack From Agence Frence Presse July 22, 2009 Baghdad - American troops
shot dead two attackers who tried to blast their convoy with hand grenades
near Abu Ghraib west of Baghdad, the US military said on Wednesday. In addition, one civilian
was killed and four wounded in Tuesday’s incident, which also saw the convoy
coming under small arms fire, said military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel
Philip Smith. The convoy was on its way to
an Iraqi police station in Abu Ghraib when two men attempted to throw hand
grenades at it, Smith said. ‘Soldiers positively
identified the two men as (a) threat, engaged them with small arms fire,
killing both of them,’ he said, adding that the incident was under
investigation. Smith gave no further
details on the killing and wounding of the civilians. As part of a security pact
between Baghdad and Washington, the vast majority of US troops have left
Iraq’s urban areas ahead of a complete withdrawal from the country, due by
the end of 2011. However, some American
soldiers remain in Iraqi cities as trainers and advisors. External link: http://tinyurl.com/no8n2l |