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Dozens killed in Baghdad fighting
Fighting between US forces and Shia insurgents across Baghdad's Sadr City suburb has left at least 34 dead. Clashes in the last 24 hours also injured at least 170 Iraqis, health officials said. One US soldier is among the dead and several were wounded. Also in Baghdad, the city's governor narrowly escaped an assassination attempt targeting his convoy. The attackers blew up a bomb by the road and shot at Ali al-Haidri's car as it passed through western Baghdad. A US army captain quoted by Associated Press says said the American soldier was killed by small arms fire when militants attacked troops carrying out routine patrols in Sadr City. "We just kept coming under fire," Capt Brian O'Malley said. Loud explosions and gunfire were heard across Sadr City - a slum area in north-east Baghdad - on Monday night, lasting into the morning. [snip] Breaking... Posted by: Howard UK 2004-09-07 |
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