Politics > Politics-USA > Wednesday, October 29: Two GIs Killed in Tank Attack, 7 Ukrainians Wounded in Ambush
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Wednesday, October 29: Two GIs Killed in Tank Attack, 7 Ukrainians Wounded in Ambush |
From The Associated Press, 10/29/03:
http://www.abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20031029_290.html
Two GIs Killed When Tank Attacked in Iraq; Ambush Wounds Seven
Ukrainian Soldiers
BAGHDAD, Iraq --
Two American soldiers were killed when their Abrams battle tank was
damaged by resistance fighters, and seven Ukrainian troops were
wounded in the first ambush of a multinational unit in the Polish
sector south of Baghdad, coalition officials said Wednesday.
The tank was disabled when it was struck by a land mine or a roadside
bomb Tuesday night during a patrol near Balad, 45 miles north of
Baghdad, said Maj. Josslyn Aberle, a spokeswoman for the 4th Infantry
Division. A third crewman was evacuated to a U.S. hospital in Germany,
she said.
It was believed to be the first M1 Abrams main battle tank destroyed
since the end of major combat May 1.
During the active combat phase, several of the 68-ton vehicles the
mainstay of the U.S. Army's armored forces were disabled in combat.
The latest attacks, including a nighttime mortar barrage in Baghdad,
followed a day of violence in which insurgents targeted American
forces and Iraqis who work with the occupation authorities.
U.S. officials also announced that Baghdad's Deputy Mayor Faris Abdul
Razzaq al-Assam was killed Sunday in a drive-by shooting.
The proliferation of attacks on Iraqis allied with the occupation
bodes ill for attempts by the U.S.-led authorities to persuade more
Iraqis to join in administering the country and play a greater role in
providing security.
Resistance forces have targeted several prominent figures, including
Aquila al-Hashimi, a member of the Governing Council, who was fatally
shot Sept. 20.
A spokesman for the multinational division at Camp Babylon said the
attack on the Ukrainians occurred when two of their armored personnel
carriers rolled over land mines near Suwayrah about 40 miles southeast
of Baghdad.
After the vehicles were disabled, unidentified gunmen opened fire on
the disembarked soldiers, the spokesman said on condition of
anonymity.
About 1,650 Ukrainians are serving in the Polish-led stabilization
force patrolling central and southern Iraq.
In Baghdad, half a dozen mortar rounds exploded late Tuesday in an
upscale Jadriya neighborhood across the Tigris River from the U.S.-led
coalition headquarters but caused no damage or casualties, the U.S.
military said Wednesday.
One landed in a field close to a palace once occupied by one of Saddam
Hussein's daughters, now a headquarters for the U.S. civil-military
affairs command.
Another struck Baghdad University's College of Physical Education,
damaging the wall of an enclosed volleyball court.
There were no casualties in the shelling.
In Tikrit, Saddam's hometown, insurgents fired late Tuesday on the
south gate at the main U.S. military base there.
At least one American soldier from the 4th Infantry Division was
wounded, witnesses said.
A patrol was sent out to search for the assailants, who fled after
firing on the troops from a nearby rooftop.
And a U.S. military convoy was attacked Tuesday night by small arms
fire in the northern city of Mosul, the military said.
There were no casualties.
Rockets were fired Tuesday night at a U.S. military compound in the
oil center of Kirkuk, according to Saleh Sabah, a member of the Iraqi
National Accord which has offices near the compound.
Sabah said the U.S. troops returned fire with mortars and blocked all
roads leading to their garrison.
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