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Three U.S. Soldiers Reportedly Killed In Iraq
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A U.S. Humvee destroyed by the Iraqi resistance
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BAGHDAD,
July 21 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – Three U.S. soldiers
and an Iraqi interpreter were killed Monday, July 21, in two separate
incidents in Iraq, as U.S. troops stationed at Ibn Firnas airport,
north of Baghdad, came under a five-hour mortar attack overnight from
a group of the Iraqi resistance.
Earlier,
a U.S. soldier and an Iraqi translator were killed in an attack in
Baghdad Monday, July 21.
U.S.
troops in the north of the capital came under attack, leaving one
soldier and an Iraqi dead in what a military spokesman described as an
improvised explosive attack together with small arms fire.
"One
armored division soldier was killed along with an Iraqi
interpreter," Agence France-Presse (AFP) quoted Specialist Brian
Sharkey said.
A
U.S. army officer at the scene, Lieutenant Colonel John Kem, said that
three people had also been wounded in the attack. He did not specify
if they were U.S. soldiers or Iraqis. The seriousness of their
injuries was not known.
Reuters
news agency further reported that a U.S. Humvee was destroyed in a
missile attack earlier in the day, noting that two U.S. soldiers were
killed.
On
Sunday night, July 20, U.S. troops stationed at Ibn Firnas airport,
north of Baghdad, came under a five-hour mortar attack from a group of
the Iraqi resistance, witnesses said Monday.
The
troops exchanged fire during the 10 pm to 3 am (1800 to 2300 GMT
Sunday) attack with the help of tracer bullets, witness Ziad Ali
Mohammed told AFP, adding that there were no victims in the overnight
clashes.
Ibn
Firnas airport is located five kilometres (three miles) north of
Baquba, which is 60 kilometres (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad.
U.S.
army tanks and armored vehicles surrounded the small village of Hadif,
not far from the airport, on Monday morning, and the U.S.-led troops
carried out house searches, Mohammed said.
A
U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad neither confirmed nor denied the
information.
Also
on Sunday night, July 20, a U.S. military convoy came under fire in
the western town of Ramadi, witnesses contacted from Fallujah said,
adding that the Americans returned fire.
There
were no immediate indications of whether there were any casualties as
A
U.S. military spokesman claimed to have no knowledge of the incident.
Fallujah
is halfway between Baghdad and Ramadi, which is 100 kilometers (60
miles) west of the capital.
U.S.
troops withdrew
from Fallujah on July 11 after mounting and unflinching resistance.
On
Sunday, two U.S. soldiers were
killed and a third wounded in an ambush in northern Iraq.
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