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| Iraq |
| US soldier shot at Baghdad University |
| 2003-07-06 |
| An American soldier has been shot at Baghdad University as students were gathering for lunch. According to eyewitnesses two soldiers were chatting to students at a university faculty when a man walked up behind them, drew a pistol and shot one of the Americans in the head at close range. The students scattered and, in the confusion, the gunman fled on foot. The BBC's Peter Greste, who heard a single shot, arrived at the scene to see US troops clearing the area and loading their wounded comrade into a vehicle to take to a field hospital. His condition is not yet known but a US military spokeswoman said he had been critically wounded. US troops maintain tight security at the university, searching people and vehicles before entering the grounds. Most students appeared stunned by the shooting. But our correspondent says there is some animosity towards the occupying forces and as the American drove off with the injured soldier, some shouted Allahu Akbar - God is Great. And this is how the BBC reports it... A British journalist was shot dead in the capital on Saturday outside the Iraqi National Museum - where a sniper had shot dead a US soldier guarding the building a few days earlier. |
| Posted by:Bulldog |