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  • US soldier killed by roadside bomb in northern Iraq

    09/22/2004 5:40:09 AM PDT · by TexKat · 2 replies · 257+ views
    AFP ^ | 9/22/04
    BAGHDAD (AFP) - A US soldier was killed when a roadside bomb hit a patrol near the town of Tikrit. "One Task Force Danger Soldier was killed when anti-Iraqi forces (US military terminology for insurgents) attacked a combat patrol using an improvised explosive device near Tikrit at about 9:15 am (0515 GMT)," a US military statement said Wednesday. "No other Soldiers were wounded in the attack," it added. Iraqi police reported earlier that an Iraqi civilian was killed and two wounded in a similar attack near Tikrit Wednesday, but it was not immediately possible to verify whether it was in...