US soldier killed in attack on tanker convoy [View All]

[Judi Lynn]

First Published 2003-09-09, Last Updated 2003-09-09 17:38:46


Unsafe roads

US soldier killed in attack on tanker convoy


14 US soldiers wounded as new wave of attacks hit troops after 2-day spell


TAJI CROSSING, Iraq & BAGHDAD - A US soldier driving a tanker full of liquefied petroleum gas was killed Tuesday when an explosion hit his convoy as it passed between two underpasses on the main road north out of Baghdad, said an Iraqi policeman on the scene.


The blast happened shortly after 5:00 pm (1300 GMT), 15 kilometres (10 miles) north of the capital on the road towards the northern city of Mosul, said Sergeant Dhaser Farhan.


US soldiers on the scene, who closed off the road to traffic, declined all comment.

US soldiers in Iraq suffer 14 wounded in 24 hours

Earlier a senior coalition official said that two attacks in flashpoint zones west of Baghdad on Tuesday took the number of wounded US troops to 14 over a 24-hour period. (snip/...)

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