{"article":{"id":85910,"heading":"Female U.S. Soldier Killed in Iraq","author":"peace dove","created":"2003-10-02 13:23:01","modified":"2003-10-02 13:23:01","last_modified":"Thu, 02 Oct 2003 20:23:01","article":"<p>Iraq Bomb Attack Kills American Woman Soldier <br>  <br> Associated Press Wed, Oct 01, 2003  <br><br> TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - An American woman soldier was killed and three other soldiers were wounded on Wednesday by a bomb blast near the entrance to the main U.S. military base in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, the U.S. military said.  <br><br>  The remote controlled bomb was detonated as a convoy of several vehicles headed toward the base, the military said. The base is the headquarters of the U.S. Army's 27,000-strong 4th Infantry Division located in one of Saddam's country palaces on the edge of Tikrit.  <br>  <br> \"We have one female soldier dead, two troops seriously wounded and one slightly wounded,\" spokeswoman Major Josslyn Aberle told reporters.  <br><br> The base is regularly attacked with rocket-propelled grenades and gunfire but soldiers are rarely hurt. Wednesday's attack was one of the boldest yet on the base, and took place just 300 yards from the palace entrance.  <br><br> Guerrilla attacks have killed 82 soldiers since President Bush declared major combat in Iraq over on May 1, according to Pentagon figures. <\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Another U.S. Soldier DEAD. Hey Mr. President... where are those Iraqi weapons of mass destruction you launched this war over?","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2003\/10\/85910.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}