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Three US soldiers, 8 Iraqi troops killed in attacks |
2008-02-21 |
BAGHDAD - Three US soldiers were killed when a bomb struck their vehicle in north-west Baghdad while elsewhere eight Iraqi soldiers were killed while trying to detonate rockets, the US and Iraqi military said Wednesday. Elsewhere eight Iraqi soldiers and police were killed and 42 people injured in Ubaydi, east of Baghdad, Tuesday evening when a lorry-load of rockets exploded while they were trying to detonate them, the Voices of Iraq VOI news agency. The anti-explosive experts had already dismantled three rockets before the rest exploded, Iraqi security officials told VOI. The wounded were taken to hospitals in the Shiite-dominated Sadr City nearby. |
Posted by:Steve White |
#1 I suggested this tactic for our guys years ago - let the bad guys 'capture' a truck full of explosives, and then when they take it into their nest, set off the hidden detonator. Sad that the wrong side listened. |
Posted by: Glenmore 2008-02-21 07:17 |