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Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - Web posted at 14:34:05 GMT Insurgents renew attacks in Fallujah TAREK AL-ISSAWIFALLUJAH - Unknown assailants ambushed a US Army foot patrol just outside Fallujah at midday Monday, killing one American and wounding six others in the second day of attacks in this anti-US hotbed west of Baghdad, the American command reported. |
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Two civilians were also killed. The command said the patrol, from the 82nd Airborne Division, was first hit by an exploding homemade bomb, and then by small-arms fire. The paratroopers raided a nearby mosque in apparent search for the attackers, and detained three Iraqis. Two civilian trucks were damaged in the action, one left dangling over a bridge at the scene, apparently from what witnesses said was a rocket-propelled grenade strike. The attack occurred about 20 metres from the main bridge leading into Fallujah from Baghdad, 60 km to the east, when about 30 soldiers on foot, accompanied by five Humvees, were on patrol along the highway. This was the same general area where a US Army ammunition truck, part of a convoy, broke down on the main road on Sunday morning and came under attack. That truck and possibly two other vehicles apparently were hit by rocket-propelled grenades. Dozens of Iraqi youths danced and cheered as the vehicles went up in flames. - Nampa-AP |
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