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| Spanish Soldiers Ambushed In Diwaniya |
| 2004-04-25 |
| Spanish soldiers killed two Iraqis Sunday in the Iraqi city of Diwaniya in self defense when they came across a vehicle that apparently had been readied for an ambush, Spain’s Defense Ministry said Sunday. The incident happened in the southern city of Diwaniyah, some 180 kilometers south of Baghdad, when a suspicious vehicle exploded as three Spanish armored cars passed by, the ministry said in a statement. The Spanish soldiers came under grenade and gunfire from Iraqi insurgents. The Spanish soldiers stopped their vehicles and returned fire, killing two armed men, the ministry added. There were no casualties among the Spanish soldiers who returned to the Spanish base once normality was restored. News reports on Sunday suggested troops had already started to withdraw from the Najaf. A reporter from national news agency Efe said he had seen a dozen armed trucks and other vehicles leaving the Al-Andalus base. However, a Defense Ministry spokesman denied the report and said it was a "routine convoy" between two Spanish bases in Najaf and Diwaniya. |
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