Bomb, Ambush Injure Four U.S. Troops in Iraq

[Judi Lynn]

January 6, 2004

THE WORLD
Bomb, Ambush Injure Four U.S. Troops in Iraq

From Times Wire Services


BAGHDAD — Three U.S. soldiers were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near a U.S. military convoy in Beiji, west of Baghdad, and insurgents shot and wounded another soldier in an ambush on a foot patrol in Tikrit, the military said Monday.

All four of those wounded in the Sunday attacks were evacuated to combat-support hospitals for treatment, the military said.

In northern Iraq, a roadside bomb killed an Iraqi man Monday and wounded three others outside Kirkuk, said Iraqi police Lt. Abdel Salam Zangana, who said he believed the bomb was intended for U.S. soldiers but detonated early.

Gunmen also wounded Mohammed Jawadi, a lawyer appointed by the U.S.-led coalition, and his son Monday in the northern city of Mosul, witnesses said. Sources at the local hospital said that Jawadi was in critical condition but that his son's life was not in danger.
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