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| Iraq |
| One US soldier, three Iraqis dead in latest attacks |
| 2003-06-26 |
| EFL One US solider was killed and another injured today, when their vehicle was ambushed on a road leading to Baghdad airport. An Iraqi passer-by also died in the attack. Two Iraqis working for the national electricity authority were also killed today in separate incident, when their US-led convoy came under a grenade attack in west Baghdad. The latest deaths were a further sign that hit-and-run attacks against US forces are becoming more frequent and more sophisticated, to the point where they could pose a serious challenge to the forces trying to rebuild Iraq. The local Fedayeen and hard boys need a thumping from the 4ID. Witnesses to the first incident said a Humvee military vehicle was attacked at 9am in the Amiriyah neighbourhood, not far from the airport. The ambush apparently involved an explosive device placed on the road, which was detonated either by remote control or a trip wire. A civilian vehicle was also hit by the explosion, killing one occupant and seriously injuring another. Three pedestrians were also hurt. "It was some explosive device. We don't know what type. We have no reports of bullets, just shrapnel," captain Sean McWilliams of a tank company attached to the 82nd Airborne Division told reporters at the scene. "The point we want to drive home to everybody is that attacks like this won't deter us from our mission. All the people wanted to do here was stop the transition to a new democratic Iraq, and they're not going to succeed in that," he said. The airport road, which is used extensively by US forces, has been the scene of a series of ambushes using trip wires dangling from overpasses, or grenades tossed from bridges. Time to clear the road, bridges, etc. and make it real clear that someone loitering around these spots is going to get whacked. Similar guerrilla tactics have been employed elsewhere too. The Qatar-based al-Jazeera television said yesterday it had received a statement from a group calling itself Mujahidoo al-Taifa al-Mansoura, or Muslim Fighters of the Good thinking, 'cause the innnocents civilians shouldn't have to die when we smack the Fedayeen. |
| Posted by:Steve White |