GI dies in 1st combat death Baghdad in 2 weeks

GI dies in 1st combat death Baghdad in 2 weeks
By Robert H. Reid - The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Oct 15, 2008 7:50:11 EDT

BAGHDAD — An American soldier was killed Tuesday by gunfire in western Baghdad, the U.S. military said, the first U.S. combat death in the capital in two weeks.

Five Sunni insurgent organizations, meanwhile, have issued statements disavowing attacks on Iraqi Christians in Mosul, a monitoring service reported Tuesday. The attacks, widely blamed on al-Qaida in Iraq, have prompted thousands of Christians to flee the northern city.

A U.S. statement said the soldier, whose name was not released, was wounded when gunmen opened fire on a U.S. patrol late Tuesday afternoon. The soldier was rushed to a hospital by helicopter but died of the wounds, the statement said.

It was the first combat death suffered by American forces in the capital since Sept. 30, when the military said a soldier was killed by small-arms fire in northern Baghdad.

Seven U.S. troops have died in Iraq this month, all but two of them in combat.


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