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14 US Wounded In Iraq
In Last 24
Hours
Sky News -
UK
9-9-3
- Fourteen US troops have been injured in the last
24-hours following two attacks in flashpoint zones west of
Baghdad.
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- A senior coalition spokesman confirmed three soldiers
were wounded on Tuesday in an "improvised explosive device" (IED) attack
against their vehicle in Fallujah, 40 miles west of Baghdad.
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- Another two were injured at Ramadi, 60 miles west of
the Iraqi capital, also in an IED attack.
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- All five were evacuated to nearby medical
facilities.
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- The strikes followed a series of attacks on Monday
which ended a two-day spell when the military recorded no
casualties.
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- The official said nine soldiers were injured in four
attacks in Baghdad on Monday. This included two soldiers wounded in
small arms fire.
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- Another attack involved a hand grenade which injured
three soldiers from the 1st Armoured Division. A further three soldiers
from the same division were wounded in an IED attack.
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- The spokesman said a soldier from the 4th Infantry
Division was injured when his unit was hit in a tactical assembly area
by mortar fire on Monday afternoon.
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- US forces have endured an average of 12 to 15 attacks
a day in Iraq since US President George W. Bush declared an end to major
combat operations on May 1.
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- http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-12769640,00.html
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