- (AAP) -- Seven American soldiers have been wounded by
unknown attackers in separate incidents north of Baghdad.
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- The US army says four soldiers from the 101st Airborne
Division were wounded on September 5th when their convoy was ambushed by
small arms fire, explosive devices and rocket-propelled grenades near Kayarah.
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- Kayarah is near the oil-rich northern city of Mosul.
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- Two other troops were wounded yesterday by unknown attackers
near Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, north of Baghdad.
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- Another American soldier was injured when his convoy
was hit by small arms fire and an explosive device near Muqdadiyah in northern
Iraq.
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- Army explosives experts, meanwhile, have defused a mine
they found on Friday on a diesel pipeline near Kayarah.
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- Copyright © 2003. The Sydney Morning Herald.
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- http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/06/1062549068517.html
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