{"article":{"id":70588,"heading":"Three more Martyr's to Georgie's War","author":"Scarecrow","created":"2003-07-08 14:01:50","modified":"2013-11-11 00:23:42","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:23:42","article":"

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Attacks Kill 3 U.S. Soldiers in Baghdad

String of Attacks Kill Three American Soldiers in Iraqi Capital; Four More Wounded

The Associated Press



BAGHDAD, Iraq

July 7\t—

Two American soldiers were killed in separate attacks on their convoys in the Iraqi capital, the military said Monday, and a third U.S. soldier was fatally shot while waiting to buy a soft drink at Baghdad University.

Also, four U.S. soldiers were wounded after attackers fired a rocket propelled grenade at their convoy in the restive town of Ramadi, 60 miles west of Baghdad, late Sunday, the military said. One Iraqi suspect was killed and another wounded in the attack.



The wave attacks come as U.S. troops on patrol and Iraqi police and civilians perceived to be working with the occupying forces are being targeted for daily assaults by insurgents.

The first soldier died in a firefight late Sunday after two armed assailants opened fire on his convoy, said Sgt. Patrick Compton, a spokesman for the military. The soldiers responded with fire, killing one of the attackers and wounding the other. The wounded suspect was taken into custody.

In the second convoy attack in Baghdad, insurgents threw a homemade bomb at a U.S. vehicle early Monday morning, killing a soldier. Both of the dead American soldiers were from the Army's 1st Armored Division, the Germany-based division which is charged with occupying Baghdad. They were in different convoys.

In the third attack, an assailant shot and killed a U.S. soldier waiting to buy a soft drink at Baghdad University at midday Sunday, firing once from close range. The style was coldly similar to the killing of a young British freelance cameraman, who was shot in the head outside a Baghdad museum on Saturday.

The point-blank shooting of the unarmed reporter and a grenade attack on a U.N. compound raised concern that Iraq's worsening insurgency until now targeting only coalition troops and Iraqis accused of U.S. collaboration will spread to Westerners in general and those seen as cooperating with occupation forces.

On Saturday, a bomb blast in the western town of Ramadi killed seven Iraqi police recruits as they graduated from a U.S.-taught training course. Dozens more were injured.

U.S. Army Maj. William Thurmond said it was too early to tell whether a pattern was emerging that would suggest insurgents are targeting foreign civilians, but he said such a strategy could thwart news gathering and humanitarian relief efforts.

\"Hopefully they're isolated events and we won't have to face them in the future,\" Thurmond said. \"It might work to the advantage of someone who's trying to fight the coalition.\"

The killing of the television cameraman, 24-year-old Richard Wild, occurred around midday, while the victim was carrying no apparent sign that he was a reporter.

Wild, who arrived in the country two weeks ago aiming to be a war correspondent, was killed by a single pistol shot fired into the base of his skull from close range, colleagues said. The assailant fled into the crowd and was not apprehended. ...

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