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28-10-03, 11:16
Ambushes in Iraq Wound Four U.S. Soldiers
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By SLOBODAN LEKIC, Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Four American soldiers were wounded near the northern city of Mosul, the military said Tuesday, as U.S. officials urged aid groups to keep working in Iraq (news - web sites) after suicide bombers struck the Red Cross headquarters and three police stations in Baghdad.
The suicide attacks Monday killed about three dozen people and caused foreign organizations to weigh their role in the insurgency-plagued nation. It was the bloodiest day in the Iraqi capital since the end of major combat in the U.S.-led war to oust Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) six months ago.
Just hours after the attacks in Baghdad, two U.S. patrols were ambushed Monday night near Mosul, Iraq's third-largest city, which in the past has been relatively peaceful.
One soldier was wounded when insurgents attacked his convoy in southeastern Mosul and three others were injured, one seriously, when their patrol was attacked by rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons in the town of Tal Afar, just west of Mosul, the U.S. command said.
The brazen and deadly attacks in Baghdad, including a rocket barrage Sunday on a hotel where Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz was staying, attested to the spike in resistance by opponents of the American occupation.
The attacks also shook the confidence of international organizations that were taking part in the reconstruction of Iraq.
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By SLOBODAN LEKIC, Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Four American soldiers were wounded near the northern city of Mosul, the military said Tuesday, as U.S. officials urged aid groups to keep working in Iraq (news - web sites) after suicide bombers struck the Red Cross headquarters and three police stations in Baghdad.
The suicide attacks Monday killed about three dozen people and caused foreign organizations to weigh their role in the insurgency-plagued nation. It was the bloodiest day in the Iraqi capital since the end of major combat in the U.S.-led war to oust Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) six months ago.
Just hours after the attacks in Baghdad, two U.S. patrols were ambushed Monday night near Mosul, Iraq's third-largest city, which in the past has been relatively peaceful.
One soldier was wounded when insurgents attacked his convoy in southeastern Mosul and three others were injured, one seriously, when their patrol was attacked by rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons in the town of Tal Afar, just west of Mosul, the U.S. command said.
The brazen and deadly attacks in Baghdad, including a rocket barrage Sunday on a hotel where Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz was staying, attested to the spike in resistance by opponents of the American occupation.
The attacks also shook the confidence of international organizations that were taking part in the reconstruction of Iraq.