Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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April 7, 2003
Release Number: 03-04-74


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


SOLDIERS KILLED, WOUNDED IN ENEMY ROCKET ATTACK

CAMP VIRGINIA, KUWAIT (Apr. 7, 2003) - Two soldiers and two civilian news media were killed and 15 soldiers injured in an enemy rocket attack south of Baghdad today (April 7).The attack, against a 3rd Infantry Division unit, occurred at approximately 11:30 a.m. local time.The wounded were evacuated to a military medical treatment facility in Iraq. Conditions of the wounded are unknown at this time.The identities of those killed and wounded are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.