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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Selectric II who wrote (22970)9/19/2003 9:52:44 AM
From: Skywatcher  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 93284
 
Bush has a LOT of blood on his hands again today....Iraq is making vietnam look like a walk in the park
'Eight US Soldiers Die in Iraq Ambush'
The UK Telegraph

Thursday 18 September 2003

At least eight American soldiers have been killed in a bomb and grenade attack on a military convoy
west of Baghdad, according to reports.

Witnesses said up to 10 burned bodies were carried from a US transport vehicle after it drove over a
bomb in the town of Khaldiya, about 50 miles west of Baghdad.

They said the convoy tried to continue after the first explosion but was hit by rocket-propelled
grenades shortly afterwards.

Al-Arabiya television said eight Americans were killed and one wounded in the ambush.

US Central Command has not confirmed the attacks but reports said US tanks and helicopters have
sealed off the area.

The attack is the latest in the area known as the "Sunni Triangle" where dozens of American soldiers
have been killed since the war was declared over five months ago.

It came after a 14-year-old Iraqi boy was reportedly killed and six people wounded when American
soldiers mistakenly opened fire on a wedding celebration in the nearby town of Falluja last night.

Witnesses said the soldiers in a convoy of Humvee military vehicles attacked the wedding party after
guests had fired guns into the air in celebration.

Lt Gen Ricardo Sanchez, the US coalition military commander in Baghdad, said he could not confirm
if the boy was killed but that the incident was under investigation.

Last week, American soldiers killed eight Iraqi policemen and a hospital security guard in a similar
"friendly-fire" attack in Falluja, sparking an angry backlash from Sunni Muslims in the town.
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