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Two US soldiers killed in Baghdad grenade attack
Baghdad, June 18: Two US soldiers guarding a filling station in southern Baghdad were killed in a hand grenade attack today.
Baghdad, June 18: Two US soldiers guarding a filling station in southern Baghdad were killed in a hand grenade attack today.
An Iraqi policeman confirmed that the two soldiers were dead.
A number of US military vehicles and a helicopter arrived at the scene and removed the bodies, he said, adding that the attackers fled.
A press photographer was then detained by US forces who held his press pass and confiscated his camera, preventing him from taking photographs of the scene for one hour.
A US army spokesman was unable to immediately confirm the report.
The attack occurred in Dura, on the southern fringes of the Iraqi capital, near the city's main oil-fired power plant.
If confirmed by the US military, it will bring to 52 the number of US troops killed since President George W Bush declared the war in Iraq effectively over on May 1, according to a count from US military statements.
Sixteen of those were killed in attacks and the rest in accidents.
Bureau Report
A number of US military vehicles and a helicopter arrived at the scene and removed the bodies, he said, adding that the attackers fled.
A press photographer was then detained by US forces who held his press pass and confiscated his camera, preventing him from taking photographs of the scene for one hour.
A US army spokesman was unable to immediately confirm the report.
The attack occurred in Dura, on the southern fringes of the Iraqi capital, near the city's main oil-fired power plant.
If confirmed by the US military, it will bring to 52 the number of US troops killed since President George W Bush declared the war in Iraq effectively over on May 1, according to a count from US military statements.
Sixteen of those were killed in attacks and the rest in accidents.
Bureau Report