Explosive injures 4 soldiers, Iraqi girl

AP ^ | April 19, 2003, 12:15 PM EDT | KIMBERLY HEFLING

[Aaron0617]

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Four U.S. soldiers on patrol were wounded Saturday when an Iraqi girl handed them an explosive and it blew up, American military officials said. They said they believed it was an accident.

None of the injuries was life-threatening, said Col. Michael Linnington, commander of the 101st Airborne's 3rd Brigade, the wounded soldiers' unit.

One soldier's leg was amputated. The girl, who appeared to be about 7 years old, suffered a hand injury and was taken away by her family, apparently to a hospital. U.S. forces were searching for her Saturday night to make sure she was safe.

[Aaron0617]

From an earlier FREEP thread:

Iraq says US drops cluster bombs on Baghdad,14 die

Maybe there is truth to this. Why are we using Cluster Bombs in the city??

[Zipporah]

re cluster bombs.. I do recall seeing a general (?) talking to reporters about cluster bombs IF I recall correctly it was said that the AF dropped them.. and he couldn't give info as to where they were dropped.

[AgThorn]

There was a TV report on this being cluster bombs that were dropped, mistakenly or not, in a city .. they showed pictures of the unexploded ordinances in different places. Not sure why we would use such a bomb, but apparently we did.