U.S. Casualties Feared in Iraq Blasts

[papau]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=716&e=1&u=/ap/20040127/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_explosion

U.S. Casualties Feared in Iraq Blasts

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A roadside bomb exploded next to a passing U.S. military convoy west of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, and a second bomb went off when reinforcements arrived, damaging vehicles and inflicting several casualties, witnesses said.

The U.S. military confirmed a "large explosion" and said there were possibly U.S. and Iraqi civilian casualties. The attack occurred in Khaldiyah, 50 miles west of Baghdad. The town is near Fallujah, a hotspot of guerrilla activity where several attacks have taken place against U.S.-led coalition forces.

"One of our units was ambushed near Fallujah ... involving two coalition vehicles. There might be coalition and civilian casualties," said a military spokesman, speaking on customary condition of anonymity. <snip>

[GCP]

1. Now they're saying 3 US soldiers killed

Three American soldiers were killed and one was wounded in a large explosion west of Baghdad Tuesday, the U.S. military said. Hospital staff said two Iraqi civilians also were killed.

Same link.

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. Bu$h's response to lastest incident

Oh that's right, he rarely responds, he's too busy campaigning.

[Barrett808]

3. BBC: Blast kills US soldiers in Iraq (2 bombs - 1 for reinforcements)

A powerful explosion has killed three US soldiers and wounded a fourth west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, a US military source reports.

A roadside bomb appears to have gone off in the town of Khaldiya, an official at Central Command told Western news agencies.

The area has seen regular attacks by militants opposed to the occupation.

Witnesses said two bombs had exploded - one as a US convoy passed and the second when reinforcements arrived.

Hospital staff said two Iraqis were also killed - one of them shot in the stomach as he stood in his office nearby.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3434197.stm