Politics > Politics-USA > Wednesday, October 27: One U.S. soldier dead, one wounded in motorcycle bombing
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"Harry Hope" |
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27 Oct 2004 07:41:18 AM |
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Wednesday, October 27: One U.S. soldier dead, one wounded in motorcycle bombing |
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One US soldier killed in suspected Iraq motorcycle bombing
BAGHDAD (AFP) -
A US soldier was killed and another wounded in a suspected motorcycle
bombing against their convoy in eastern Iraq, the military said.
"A 13th Corps Support Command soldier is dead and one is injured as
the result of a suspected motorcycle bomb attack on their convoy near
Sindiayah," it said in a statement, referring to a small town in the
restive Diyala province.
The latest American death raised the number of US military fatalities
in Iraq to 1,102 since the March 2003 invasion, according to Pentagon
numbers.
The support command group created headlines earlier this month when 18
soldiers refused to take a fuel convoy from Tallil, a base in southern
Iraq, to Taji, north of the Iraqi capital.
Soldiers complained through family members in the United States that
the trucks were poorly maintained and insufficiently protected, making
the mission a "suicide" run through a region notorious for roadside
attacks on convoys.
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From The New York Times, 10/25/04:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/25/international/middleeast/25bomb.html?hp&ex=1098763200&en=fd35fdf4b6d46d61&ei=5094&partner=homepage
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