U.S. soldier killed and four others wounded by gunfire in volatile Diyala province, military says

Source: Associated Press

U.S. soldier killed and four others wounded by gunfire in volatile
Diyala province, military says

Wednesday May 9th, 2007

BAGHDAD (AP) - A U.S. soldier was killed and four others were wounded
in a shooting attack in a volatile province northeast of Baghdad, the
military said Wednesday.

The Task Force Lightning soldier was killed and four others were wounded
by gunfire Tuesday in Diyala province, according to a statement.

The attack occurred in an area that has seen heightened violence in
recent weeks as Sunni insurgents and Shiite militias are believed to have
fled there to escape a security crackdown in Baghdad. A powerful roadside
bomb killed six American soldiers and a Russian photojournalist on Sunday.

The death raises to at least 3,379 members of the U.S. military who have
died since the Iraq war started in March 2003, according to an Associated
Press count.

Identities were not released pending notification of relatives.


Read more: http://www.nwfdailynews.com/article/4970

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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Wed May-09-07 07:49 AM
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23. U.S. says helicopter killed 5 bystanders in Iraq
Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, May 9 (Reuters) - A U.S. attack helicopter killed five bystanders including two children when it fired on insurgents north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Wednesday.

Lieutenant-Colonel Mike Donnelly, a spokesman for U.S. forces stationed north of the Iraqi capital, denied some media reports that the helicopter had fired on a school on Tuesday.

"It's traumatic and entirely unfortunate that this happened," Donnelly said by telephone, adding an investigation had been opened into how the civilans could have been killed.

He said insurgents had been seen placing roadside bombs and operating an illegal checkpoint near the town of Mandali in Diyala province, prompting the U.S. military to call for air support.

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Source: Middle East Online

Three US soldiers killed in Iraq


US military denies helicopter gunship killed two Iraqi children
during attack on insurgents near Mandali.

BAGHDAD - Three more US soldiers have been killed in separate
attacks in Iraq, the military reported on Wednesday.

A roadside bomb killed two soldiers southeast of Baghdad on
Tuesday while another was shot dead in the restive Diyala
province northeast of the Iraqi capital. Four other soldiers
were wounded in the Diyala incident.

-snip-

Meanwhile, the US military on Wednesday denied reports that a
helicopter gunship fired on a primary school north of Baghdad but
confirmed at least two children were killed in an attack on insurgent
bombers.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=20635

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