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To: TigerPaw who wrote (28022)9/18/2003 10:01:25 AM
From: T L Comiskey   of 89467
 
Middle East - AP

U.S. Troops Ambushed in Central Iraq
44 minutes ago

By TAREK AL-ISSAWI, Associated Press Writer

KHALDIYAH, Iraq - U.S. troops were ambushed on the main road of this central Iraqi town Thursday, coming under heavy gunfire.










An Associated Press reporter who arrived on the scene saw two U.S. tanks surrounding a smoldering transport truck as helicopters hovered above. Taking fire from unknown position, U.S forces were seen firing in an apparent effort to protect themselves until reinforcements arrived.

Al-Arabiya television reported eight Americans were killed and one wounded. There was no confirmation of any casualties, and initial casualty reports have proven incorrect in the past.

The AP reporter was fired on by one of the tanks with three rounds from its 50-caliber machine gun.

Khaldiyah is a town in the so-called "Sunni Triangle" in central Iraq (news - web sites), the heartland of support for ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) and the focus of an anti-American insurgency.

Khaldiyah's police chief was killed in an ambush on Monday as he was returning to his home in Fallujah. The brazen shooting of Col. Khedeir Mekhalef Ali was the latest attack targeting Iraqis who work with coalition forces.
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