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| Iraqi soldier injured, U.S. vehicle damaged in Baghdad attack |
| 2011-08-02 |
| BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: An Iraqi soldier has been injured in an attack against a joint Army and Police patrol in central Baghdad on Monday, whilst a U.S. Army vehicle was damaged in an explosive charge blast in the city, a security source reported. “A group of unknown gunmen have attacked a joint Iraqi Army and Police patrol in central Baghdad’s al-Wathba Square,” the security source said, adding that the attack had injured an Iraqi soldier, who was driven to a nearby hospital for treatment.” In a separate incident, an explosive charge blew off against a U.S. Army patrol in east Baghdad’s Canal Street, causing damage to one of its vehicles,” the security source said, expecting that the blast could have caused human casualties among the patrol’s men. |
| Posted by:Steve White |