- BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier was shot and
critically wounded at Baghdad University on Sunday, witnesses and the U.S.
military said.
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- Students near the scene said the soldier had been inside
the university campus in the southern part of the city when he was shot.
A U.S. military helicopter evacuated the soldier and troops sealed off
the campus, they said.
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- One student, Abdullah Saad, said he had seen the soldier
lying on the ground bleeding from a head wound.
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- A military spokeswoman said the soldier was shot with
a handgun and confirmed he had been evacuated for medical treatment. She
gave no further details.
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- President Bush declared major combat in Iraq over on
May 1 but American troops have continued to come under frequent attack.
Twenty-six U.S. and six British soldiers have been killed by hostile fire
in Iraq since Bush's declaration.
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