Roadside bomb kills three U.S. soldiers in Iraq (not confirmed by DOD)

[sabra]

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/11/content_4040036.htm

Roadside bomb kills three U.S. soldiers in Iraq

FALLUJAH, Iraq, Jan. 11 (Xinhuanet) -- Insurgents detonated a roadside bomb near a U.S. military patrol in the flashpoint city of Fallujah on Wednesday, killing three U.S. soldiers and wounding another, one witness said.

"A roadside bomb went off in al-Dhubat district as a U.S.patrol passed by, destroying a U.S. Humvee as well as killing three soldiers aboard and wounding another," the witness told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

Earlier in the day, U.S. forces asked Iraqi soldiers to replace local police to take charge of checkpoints around the city, as U.S.troops prevented movement of local residents from a district to another, witnesses said.

U.S. troops are apparently preparing for a military action as insurgents intensify attacks against U.S. and Iraqi forces.

[High Plains]

1. Xinhua gets it right...sometimes

[bluestateguy]

2. A lot of their stories get retracted

[Fly tyer]

3. Have not

seen anything in the media about this yet?