Reply #50: Nine US soldiers are reported to have died

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Source: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au

http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/s1905380.htm

Last Updated 24/04/2007, 14:07:03

Nine US soldiers are reported to have died in a suicide bomb attack near an American military base in Diyala province in Iraq.

Twenty other American soldiers and an Iraqi civilian were wounded when a vehicle driven by the suicide bomber blew up, the US military said in a statement.

The attack came within hours of a separate roadside bomb attack in Dhi Qar province which wounded two Australian soldiers.

The Department of Defence says the soldiers were in the first of two Australian Light Armoured Vehicles (ASLAVs) carrying out a routine patrol in Dhi Qar province when they were attacked.

One man suffered wounds to his lower legs while the other suffered less serious injuries in the explosion.

Four other soldiers in the patrol were unharmed. The injured soldiers were treated at the attack site before being evacuated by helicopter to a US hospital at the Tallil airbase.

They may be transferred to Baghdad if further treatment is needed, and it is not yet known whether the men will be returned to Australia.


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