Fort Campbell, Ky.-based brigade loses 3 more soldiers in fighting in Iraq

Fort Campbell, Ky.-based brigade loses 3 more soldiers in fighting in Iraq
By Michael Gisick, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Friday, January 18, 2008

Three soldiers were killed and two others wounded in fighting north of Baghdad on Wednesday as U.S. troops continue a push into areas where Sunni insurgents remain active.

The soldiers, whose names had not been released, were attacked with small-arms fire while conducting operations in Salahuddin province, according to an Army press release.

The two wounded soldiers were medically evacuated to a military hospital, but no further information on their condition was given.

All were from the 101st Airborne’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, Staff Sgt. Sam Smith, a military spokesman in Iraq, said.

Three soldiers from the same Fort Campbell, Ky.-based brigade were killed Jan. 8 in Samarra during what the military called an intense firefight with al-Qaida militants.


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