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| Bomb Kills 3 U.S. Soldiers in Iraq |
| 2006-05-05 |
| A roadside bomb killed three U.S. soldiers south of Baghdad on Friday, and coalition forces shot to death three insurgents in Samarra — the site of the bombing of a Shiite shrine in February that set off a wave of sectarian killings in Iraq. The violence came as a videotape showing the most wanted terrorist in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, wearing American tennis shoes and struggling to fire a U.S.-made machine gun was repeatedly broadcast on television nationwide. The video — released Thursday by the U.S. military to undercut al-Zarqawi's image — was strikingly different from video posted last month on Islamist Web sites showing the Jordanian militant confidently firing bursts from the weapon like an experienced jihadist fighter. But the U.S. military said the images were all from the same video, which it said American troops seized in a raid last month. The U.S. command provided few details about the roadside bomb that killed three U.S. soldiers in Babil province south of Baghdad. But Babil Police Capt. Muthana Khalid said the explosion heavily damaged a Humvee in a U.S. military convoy at about 11:30 a.m. near Mahaweel city, 35 miles south of Baghdad. He said two American soldiers were immediately killed and one was seriously wounded and evacuated for medical treatment. The attack raised to at least 2,414 the number of members of the U.S. military who have died since the Iraq war started in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. Elsewhere, U.S. and Iraqi forces clamped a curfew in Samarra on Friday as they searched homes looking for insurgents, police Capt. Laith Mohammed said. On Thursday, U.S. soldiers detained three suspected insurgents carrying roadside bombs in Samarra, then killed three other militants who opened fire on the American forces from the roof of a nearby building, the U.S. military said. An Iraqi citizen was wounded in the crossfire, but the American forces suffered no casualties, the military said. Rest at link. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #2 May their memories be for a blessing. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-05-05 20:27 |
| #1 God bless the soldiers and their families. NSDQ! |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-05-05 15:28 |