yahya ayash
16-02-04, 13:25
Jammer dat er deze keer geen Iraakse collaboratuers te grazen zijn genomen...geir insjallah ...volgende keer beter.
2 GIs and a U.S. Civilian Killed in Iraq
1 hour, 2 minutes ago
By ROBERT H. REID, Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Roadside bombs killed two U.S. soldiers in separate attacks Monday in Baghdad and a city northeast of the capital, the U.S. military said. Gunmen also killed an American civilian and wounded three others in a weekend ambush south of here.
One soldier from Task Force Iron Horse died and four others were wounded when a bomb exploded at about 9:40 a.m. in the center of Baqouba, about 35 miles northeast of here, the 4th Infantry Division said.
Two Iraqis were arrested, including one who had a cell phone that may have been used to detonate the bomb, according to Master Sgt. Robert Cargie, a division spokesman in Tikrit.
The other fatal bombing occurred in the center of Baghdad about 9:20 a.m., killing one soldier from the 1st Armored Division and wounding another, the military said. The 1st Armored is due to leave Iraq (news - web sites) in the coming weeks and be replaced by the 1st Cavalry Division.
The latest deaths bring to 540 the number of U.S. service members have died since the United States launched the Iraq war in March. Most have died since President Bush (news - web sites) declared an end to active combat May 1.
Also Monday, the U.S. command said gunmen in a white sedan opened fire Saturday on a taxi that was taking Americans from a religious group from the site of the ancient city of Babylon back to Baghdad. The three wounded were taken to a hospital in Mahmudiyah, about 15 miles south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
U.S. paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division learned of the attack while patrolling in Mahmudiyah.
The statement did not identify the religious group with which the Americans were affiliated, but a number of Christian humanitarian groups working in Iraq.
Insurgents have been waging a campaign of attacks on U.S. troops and their Iraqi allies and have occasionally targeted aid workers. Robbers also prowl highways outside the capital.
A convoy carrying CNN employees was attacked near Mahmudiyah on Jan. 27. Gunmen opened fire on the vehicles, killing two Iraqis working for the network and wounding a cameraman.
In the northern oil center of Kirkuk, gunmen in a car opened fire at passers-by in a mainly Kurdish neighborhood Sunday night, killing one Kurdish man and wounding two other people, police said. The attackers escaped, Col. Sarhat Qader said.
Ethnic tensions are high in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, where Sunni Muslim Arabs, Kurds, Turkomans and others are vying for dominance.
Attacks against the U.S.-led occupation force have continued unabated despite the capture of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) on Dec. 13 and the arrest of numerous figures whom the American military has identified as key figures behind the insurgency.
U.S. officials are divided about whether Iraqis or foreign fighters are responsible for recent attacks, including last weekend's bold daylight assault against police and civil defense compounds in Fallujah in which at least 25 people were killed.
2 GIs and a U.S. Civilian Killed in Iraq
1 hour, 2 minutes ago
By ROBERT H. REID, Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Roadside bombs killed two U.S. soldiers in separate attacks Monday in Baghdad and a city northeast of the capital, the U.S. military said. Gunmen also killed an American civilian and wounded three others in a weekend ambush south of here.
One soldier from Task Force Iron Horse died and four others were wounded when a bomb exploded at about 9:40 a.m. in the center of Baqouba, about 35 miles northeast of here, the 4th Infantry Division said.
Two Iraqis were arrested, including one who had a cell phone that may have been used to detonate the bomb, according to Master Sgt. Robert Cargie, a division spokesman in Tikrit.
The other fatal bombing occurred in the center of Baghdad about 9:20 a.m., killing one soldier from the 1st Armored Division and wounding another, the military said. The 1st Armored is due to leave Iraq (news - web sites) in the coming weeks and be replaced by the 1st Cavalry Division.
The latest deaths bring to 540 the number of U.S. service members have died since the United States launched the Iraq war in March. Most have died since President Bush (news - web sites) declared an end to active combat May 1.
Also Monday, the U.S. command said gunmen in a white sedan opened fire Saturday on a taxi that was taking Americans from a religious group from the site of the ancient city of Babylon back to Baghdad. The three wounded were taken to a hospital in Mahmudiyah, about 15 miles south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
U.S. paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division learned of the attack while patrolling in Mahmudiyah.
The statement did not identify the religious group with which the Americans were affiliated, but a number of Christian humanitarian groups working in Iraq.
Insurgents have been waging a campaign of attacks on U.S. troops and their Iraqi allies and have occasionally targeted aid workers. Robbers also prowl highways outside the capital.
A convoy carrying CNN employees was attacked near Mahmudiyah on Jan. 27. Gunmen opened fire on the vehicles, killing two Iraqis working for the network and wounding a cameraman.
In the northern oil center of Kirkuk, gunmen in a car opened fire at passers-by in a mainly Kurdish neighborhood Sunday night, killing one Kurdish man and wounding two other people, police said. The attackers escaped, Col. Sarhat Qader said.
Ethnic tensions are high in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, where Sunni Muslim Arabs, Kurds, Turkomans and others are vying for dominance.
Attacks against the U.S.-led occupation force have continued unabated despite the capture of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) on Dec. 13 and the arrest of numerous figures whom the American military has identified as key figures behind the insurgency.
U.S. officials are divided about whether Iraqis or foreign fighters are responsible for recent attacks, including last weekend's bold daylight assault against police and civil defense compounds in Fallujah in which at least 25 people were killed.