2 US Soldiers, 1 UN Worker Die in Iraq Attacks

Voice of America News

20 Jul 2003

U.S. military officials say an attack in northern Iraq killed two more American soldiers Sunday, and United Nations officials say an aid worker died in a similar assault south of Baghdad.

Two members of the 101st Airborne Division died and a third was wounded when their convoy, traveling near Mosul, was hit by small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades.

Several hours later, near the town of Hilla (100 kilometers) south of Baghdad, United Nations officials say the Iraqi driver of a two-car convoy organized by (the International Organization for Migration) a U.N. aid agency died when his vehicle was raked with small arms fire. At least one other U.N. worker was wounded.

A report from Reuters quotes a U.N. spokesman in Iraq as saying it was the first time a U.N. vehicle had been fired on in Iraq since international aid workers returned to the country following the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime.