Post by admin4laney on Aug 10, 2005 11:47:56 GMT -5
5 U.S. Troops Killed In Iraq; 5 Others Die In Afghanistan
POSTED: 9:47 am EDT August 10, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Military officials say five American soldiers have minor wounds after a deadly car bombing in western Baghdad Wednesday.
Officials said the blast targeted a joint U.S.-Iraqi patrol. It killed four civilians and three Iraqi police officers.
Tuesday night in the north, militants attacked U.S. soldiers. Four troops died and six other Americans were wounded in the city of Beiji. It's not clear if the casualties were caused by a roadside bomb blast or by gunfire that followed. The U.S. command said insurgents attacked them Tuesday night while they were on patrol in a town 155 miles north of the Iraqi capital. The military said all the soldiers were with Task Force Liberty.
The military also reported that a U.S. soldier was killed in Tuesday's suicide car bombing in downtown Baghdad. The blast killed six others and wounded more than 90 people.
U.S. Troop Death Reported In Afghanistan
The U.S. military said an American serviceman died in a bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan.
This is the fifth U.S. troop death in Afghanistan this week.
Tuesday's bombing also wounded another member of the military unit.
There's been an increase in violence by Taliban-led insurgents ahead of Afghanistan's legislative elections scheduled for September. Officials expect the attacks will intensify.
More than 170 U.S. troops have died since the U.S. operation to oust the Taliban began in late 2001.
www.channelcincinnati.com/news/4832455/detail.html
POSTED: 9:47 am EDT August 10, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Military officials say five American soldiers have minor wounds after a deadly car bombing in western Baghdad Wednesday.
Officials said the blast targeted a joint U.S.-Iraqi patrol. It killed four civilians and three Iraqi police officers.
Tuesday night in the north, militants attacked U.S. soldiers. Four troops died and six other Americans were wounded in the city of Beiji. It's not clear if the casualties were caused by a roadside bomb blast or by gunfire that followed. The U.S. command said insurgents attacked them Tuesday night while they were on patrol in a town 155 miles north of the Iraqi capital. The military said all the soldiers were with Task Force Liberty.
The military also reported that a U.S. soldier was killed in Tuesday's suicide car bombing in downtown Baghdad. The blast killed six others and wounded more than 90 people.
U.S. Troop Death Reported In Afghanistan
The U.S. military said an American serviceman died in a bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan.
This is the fifth U.S. troop death in Afghanistan this week.
Tuesday's bombing also wounded another member of the military unit.
There's been an increase in violence by Taliban-led insurgents ahead of Afghanistan's legislative elections scheduled for September. Officials expect the attacks will intensify.
More than 170 U.S. troops have died since the U.S. operation to oust the Taliban began in late 2001.
www.channelcincinnati.com/news/4832455/detail.html