US occupation soldier killed in Iraq

[Aidoneus]

The article says Friday, but is from today..didn't see anything about Balad on the first 3 LBN pages.

US occupation soldier killed in Iraq
Saturday 03 January 2004

One US soldier has been killed and two wounded in a mortar attack on a US base in a town north of the Iraqi capital.

The attack on Friday in Balad, 75 kms north of Baghdad, occurred at about 5:00 pm (14:00 GMT) and the soldier was killed from shrapnel, said Sergeant Robert Cargie, a spokesman for the 4th Infantry Division.

He said troops searched vehicles in the area after the attack and have detained six suspects, adding that the wounded soldiers were in stable condition.

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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6E8E0F13-24D8-4E93-A158-81746A967E8D.htm

[KG]

1. rising toll in iraq, orange alert at home. gee, isn't the world a safer

place w/o saddam? :eyes:

[joshcryer]

2. F* you Bush*!

That was my brothers division! He got out of there just in time. That could've been him. Damn. (Most casualities are in the 101st afaik, not the 4th division).