Soldier killed by small-arms fire in Baghdad

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Soldier killed by small-arms fire in Baghdad
The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Apr 24, 2008 6:15:19 EDT

BAGHDAD — The military says a soldier has been killed during a gunbattle in a Shiite militia stronghold in Baghdad.

Military spokesman Navy Lt. Col. Steve Stover says the soldier was wounded by small-arms fire Wednesday afternoon and died later at a U.S. military hospital.

Stover says the attack occurred in the eastern neighborhood of New Baghdad.


Article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/04/ap_casualty_042308/



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