U.S. Forces Kill 46 Iraqis Trying to Ambush Them
Sun November 30, 2003 03:43 PM ET
TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. soldiers killed 46 Iraqis and captured eight in a series of attempted ambushes on U.S. convoys in the central Iraqi city of Samarra on Sunday, a US military spokesman said.
"The fourth infantry division repelled multiple ambush attacks," Lieutenant Colonel William MacDonald told reporters, adding that at least 18 attackers, five U.S. soldiers and a civilian traveling with the convoys also were wounded during the ambushes. (Reporting by Andrew Hammond, editing by Lisa Vaughan)