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Soldier killed in ambush

Apr-21-2004 » Filed Under: Iraq News

Embedded reporter Bill Nemitz describes the IED attack that killed one Maine National Guard soldier.

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By BILL NEMITZ, Portland Press Herald Staff Writer

MOSUL, Iraq - A roadside ambush by anti-American insurgents left one Maine soldier dead and seriously wounded another Tuesday morning as their Maine National Guard convoy traveled along a divided highway on the western edge of Mosul.

The names of the soldiers, both members of the 133rd Engineer Battalion, were being withheld late Tuesday pending notification of their families, said Lt. Col. John Jansen, the battalion's commanding officer.

Three other soldiers - two from Maine and one from a South Carolina unit attached to the 133rd - sustained minor injuries in the attack, which occurred while 12 soldiers in four Humvees traveled from Camp Freedom to a forward base just north of the town of Tall Afar.


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