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Soldier Killed in Convoy Blast in Iraq

Aug-22-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

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MOSUL, Iraq (AP) - A roadside bomb detonated near a U.S. military convoy on Sunday outside the northern city of Mosul, killing one U.S. soldier and wounding another, the military said. Two Iraqi children were injured in the blast, said Dr. Mohammed Ahmed of al-Jumhuri hospital.

The bomb exploded as the convoy passed a road west of Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, said Capt. Angela Bowman, a U.S. military spokeswoman in Mosul.

The soldiers that were killed and wounded were assigned to Task Force Olympia. The wounded soldier was in stable condition, the military said. The names of the soldiers were being withheld pending the notification of next of kin. [...]


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