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| Iraq Attacks Wound Seven U.S. Soldiers |
| 2003-07-08 |
| A blistering series of attacks, coming nearly hourly, wounded seven U.S. soldiers in Iraq on Tuesday, and the United States offered a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest of anyone who kills a coalition soldier or Iraqi policeman. "I urge the Iraqi people to come forward to take these people off the streets of the country," former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik said in announcing the $2,500 reward. Kerik, who is in charge of security in Iraq, also said U.S. forces and Iraqi police had arrested Sabah Mirza, who was a bodyguard for Saddam in the 1980s before being fired. A raid on Mirza's farm after his June 26 arrest netted plastic explosives, mortars, a machine gun and 10,000 rounds of ammunition. U.S. soldiers raided a building in central Baghdad on Tuesday, following up on a claim by residents who say they thought they saw Saddam driving through the area Monday to cheers and celebratory gunfire. During the sweep, several residents chanted pro-Saddam slogans and others sang: "With our souls and our blood we sacrifice ourselves for you Saddam." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |