- In the latest attack on foreign troops in Iraq, two US
occupation soldiers have been killed and one wounded when their convoy
was ambushed with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire.
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- The ambush follows two separate incidents elsewhere in
the country on Saturday, in which seven Spanish intelligence officers and
two Japanese diplomats were killed.
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- The attack on US soldiers took place near the town of
Husaybah on the Syrian border, the US military said on Sunday.
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- The soldiers from the 3rd Armoured Cavalry Regiment were
ambushed on the main Euphrates valley highway, east of the town, on Saturday
afternoon said a statement from the regional command in the western town
of Ramadi.
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- "Confirmed reports are that two US soldiers were
killed and one wounded. The wounded soldier was subsequently moved to a
nearby field hospital."
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- Spanish, Japanese attacks
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- According to the Spanish Defence Ministry, the Spanish
group was on its way back to Baghdad when the vehicles in which they were
travelling were attacked with rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifle
fire. The incident took place near Suwayrah, 30km south of the Iraqi capital.
One Spaniard was wounded.
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- "We will firmly carry out our responsibilities for
humanitarian aid and reconstruction (in Iraq) as a member of the international
community..."
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- Junichiro Koizumi
- Japanese Prime Minister
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- In an ambush near the ousted President Saddam Hussein's
hometown of Tikrit, two Japanese diplomats were killed. A non-Japanese
driver was wounded.
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- Japanese Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, vowed not
to be blown off course by the diplomats' deaths - the first of Japanese
in Iraq since the US-led war began there in March.
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- "We will firmly carry out our responsibilities for
humanitarian aid and reconstruction (in Iraq) as a member of the international
community. There is no change in this," Koizumi said.
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- Bloodiest month
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- With the latest deaths, November has been the worst month
for casualties among occupation forces, with 106 of its troops killed.
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- Among them, 79 Americans and 25 other occupation soldiers
were slain.
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- The latest attack brought to 187 the number of US soldiers
killed in action in Iraq since 1 May, when Washington declared major combat
over.
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- In early November, eighteen Italians were killed in a
car bomb attack at the military's headquarters in al-Nasiriyah. It was
the first attack on Italian troops in Iraq.
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- http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F9C997C5-B092-4989-86A6-7246327E1D6B.htm
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