A U.S. army Humvee burns at the scene of an attack on a military convoy in the town of Mosul, the Kurdish city north Baghdad on August 12, 2003. The U.S. military in Mosul was destroyed by a blast on Tuesday and four casualties were taken from the scene, witnesses said. Locals said the Humvee was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. Meanwhile, in Tikrit... two U.S. occupation troops are killed in separate attacks. George... where are the weapons of mass destruction? (Photo - REUTERS/Akram Saleh)



Two GIs Killed, Three Hurt in Iraq Bombings

Reuters - Wednesday, August 13, 2003

TIKRIT, Iraq, Aug 13 -- Two U.S. soldiers were killed and three were wounded in two separate bomb attacks in Iraq, the U.S. Army said Wednesday.

One soldier was killed and two were wounded when an improvised bomb was detonated near their convoy Tuesday evening in the town of Taji north of Baghdad.

Wednesday morning a U.S. 4th Infantry Division soldier was killed and another wounded when their armored personnel carrier drove over an explosive device southeast of Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit.

U.S. officers based in one of Saddam's former palaces in Tikrit said two 4th Infantry Division soldiers had been evacuated to hospital after the attack southeast of the town, but one had later died of his wounds.

The soldiers were the 58th and 59th killed in attacks since Washington declared major combat over on May 1.