Iraqi Gunmen Kill 1 American in Ambush [View All]

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AP Wire

February 16, 2004

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Gunmen ambushed a car carrying American civilians on a road south of Baghdad, killing one and wounding three others, the U.S. military said.

The attackers, driving a white sedan, opened fire on the taxi that the Americans were taking to Baghdad from the site of the ancient city of Babylon, the survivors told U.S. troops, a statement from the military said Sunday.

U.S. paratroopers learned of Saturday's attack while conducting a patrol in the town of Mahmudiyah, about 15 miles south of Baghdad, and were told the Americans were being treated at hospital there.

The statement said the Americans were part of a "religious group" but did not identify it. There are a number of Christian humanitarian groups working in Iraq.