Iraq Car Bomb Wounds Four U.S. Soldiers

AP ^ | 9/21/04

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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A car bomb exploded on Baghdad's airport road Tuesday as a U.S. military convoy was passing by, wounding four American soldiers and destroying an armored Humvee, the U.S. military said.

Around 10 civilian vehicles were also wrecked in the blast on the highway leading to the capital's international airport, a police official said. He said there were civilian casualties but did not immediately have an exact figure.

Ambulances rushed at least two women, a child and three wounded men to a nearby hospital, doctors said. One of the women was covered in blood.

Maj. Phil Smith of the 1st Cavalry Division said four Task Force Baghdad soldiers were wounded. One of them was evacuated to a military hospital while the three others were treated on the spot.

Troops sealed off the area of the explosion as helicopters hovered overhead.

The military initially reported that a Bradley fighting vehicle was also damaged in the blast, but Smith said that the information proved to be wrong.

The treacherous stretch of road is the site of frequent attacks against U.S. troops and their supply convoys.

In a travel warning issued last week, the U.S. State Department described the airport road as among the country's most dangerous.

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"Ambulances rushed at least two women, a child and three wounded men to a nearby hospital, doctors said. One of the women was covered in blood."

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A U.S. soldier guards the scene following an explosion in Baghdad, September 21, 2004. A car exploded near a convoy of U.S. military vehicles on a highway west of Baghdad on Tuesday, wounding several people, witnesses and officials said. Photo by Ceerwan Aziz/Reuters

Iraqi policemen stand near a tree that caught fire after a controlled explosion of a car bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday Sept. 21, 2004. The detonation was carried out by U.S. military. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

U.S. soldiers inspect the scene of a car explosion in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, September 21, 2004. A car exploded near a convoy of U.S. military vehicles on a highway west of Baghdad on Tuesday, wounding several people, witnesses and officials said. A police official at the scene said the car detonated near a bridge over the highway leading to Baghdad's airport. He said he saw at least one U.S. military vehicle on fire and several casualties lying on the road. REUTERS/Aladin Abdel Naby

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U.S. soldiers inspect a site after a controlled explosion of a car bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday Sept. 21, 2004. The detonation was carried out by U.S. military. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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Local residents complain as their homes incurred small damages after a controlled explosion of a car bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2004. The detonation was carried out by U.S. military. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

US soldiers secure the perimeter inside a building during a night raid at Haifa street in Baghdad. Islamic militants beheaded a US citizen and threatened to repeat the gruesome spectacle in 24 hours by executing one of the dead man's two British or American colleagues if female prisoners were not released across Iraq(AFP/Jewel Samad)

Sgt. Carl Thomas from Inkster, MIch., is shown in this family photo released Monday, Sept. 20, 2004. Thomas was killed in Baghdad, Sept. 13, 2004, when a homemade explosive detonated near his Army observation post. (AP Photo/Family Photo via the Detroit Free Press)

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Maj. Phil Smith of the 1st Cavalry Division said four Task Force Baghdad soldiers were wounded. One of them was evacuated to a military hospital while the three others were treated on the spot.

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Locals remove a dead body after U.S. soldiers shot randomly when a roadside bomb targeting their convoy went off, destroying a civilian car carrying 5 people near Fallujah, Iraq, Tuesday Sept. 21, 2004. Two of the occupants died and three were gravely injured. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

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Iraqi men stand next to a victim of a roadside bomb explosion in the western suburbs of the town of Falluja, September 21, 2004. A roadside bomb explosion, which was targeting a U.S. military convoy, killed two Iraqis and wounded three, witnesses said. REUTERS/Mohammed Khodor