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9 soldiers hurt in Iraq

Sep-21-2005 » Filed Under: 172nd SBCT

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By TATABOLINE BRANT, Anchorage Daily News

Nine Stryker brigade soldiers from Fort Richardson and Fort Wainwright were injured in two separate attacks in Iraq in recent days, Army officials said Tuesday.

The casualties bring to 13 the number of troops from the 172 Stryker Brigade Combat Team that have been wounded since the 3,800-person unit arrived in Iraq earlier this month.

The brigade, which has been conducting "high-intensity operations" in Northern Iraq over the past two weeks, has not had any fatalities.

Four of the soldiers in these most recent attacks suffered serious injuries but were listed in stable condition, officials said.

One of the attacks, involving six soldiers from Fort Rich's 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, occurred Saturday. Army officials said insurgents attacked the troops while they were on foot patrol in Mosul. [...]

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