Iraq Bomb Attack Kills U.S. Soldier

[acmavm]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&e=1&u=/ap/20040711/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
By DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press Writer

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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A coordinated roadside bomb attack on a U.S. convoy in northern Iraq (news - web sites) killed a U.S. soldier and an Iraqi civilian Sunday, the military said.

The attack, in which one soldier also was wounded, began Sunday in Beiji about 90 miles south of the northern city of Mosul when a bomb exploded at the side of the road, the military said in a statement. A vehicle then raced toward the patrol and fired on the soldiers, who returned fire, killing the driver, the military said.

The attack set an oil tanker ablaze, and thick black smoke filled the air, witnesses said.

The Iraqi civilian killed by the bomb had been traveling behind the convoy, the military said
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This is another one, right? How many have died this week? How many have died since the 'turn over'? Why are they still there and why are they still dying? US presence in Iraq is only making things worse.

[Zen]

1. Because * made a mistake and now he's stuck with a constant

reminder of how stupid/ignorant he and his Neo-con thugs are.

[Crunchy Frog]

2. According to

http://www.icasualties.org/oif/, 33 coalition soldiers have died since the handoff, 31 of them Americans.

I count 22 dead over the past week.

[Moderator]

3. Duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x678458