'Eight US Soldiers Die in Iraq Ambush' The UK Telegraph
Thursday 18 September 2003 At least eight American soldiers have been killed in a bomb and grenade attack on a military convoy west of Baghdad, according to reports. Witnesses said up to 10 burned bodies were carried from a US transport vehicle after it drove over a bomb in the town of Khaldiya, about 50 miles west of Baghdad. They said the convoy tried to continue after the first explosion but was hit by rocket-propelled grenades shortly afterwards. Al-Arabiya television said eight Americans were killed and one wounded in the ambush. US Central Command has not confirmed the attacks but reports said US tanks and helicopters have sealed off the area. The attack is the latest in the area known as the "Sunni Triangle" where dozens of American soldiers have been killed since the war was declared over five months ago. It came after a 14-year-old Iraqi boy was reportedly killed and six people wounded when American soldiers mistakenly opened fire on a wedding celebration in the nearby town of Falluja last night. Witnesses said the soldiers in a convoy of Humvee military vehicles attacked the wedding party after guests had fired guns into the air in celebration. Lt Gen Ricardo Sanchez, the US coalition military commander in Baghdad, said he could not confirm if the boy was killed but that the incident was under investigation. Last week, American soldiers killed eight Iraqi policemen and a hospital security guard in a similar "friendly-fire" attack in Falluja, sparking an angry backlash from Sunni Muslims in the town. ------- http://www.truthout.org/docs_03/091903A.shtml Serbian News Network - SNN [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.antic.org/
