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SLUG: 2-309194 (CQ) Iraq/Attacks (S-O)
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DATE=10/29/2003 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT TITLE= IRAQ / ATTACKS (S-ONLY)(CQ) NUMBER=2-309194 BYLINE=GREG LAMOTTE DATELINE=BAGHDAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: /// RE-RUNNING TO CORRECT CASUALTY FIGURE BY DROPPING THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF THE TEXT AND PUTTING THE INFORMATION IN THE INTRO; PLEASE MAKE SOUND CONFORM /// INTRO: An attack north of Baghdad late Tuesday left two U-S soldiers dead and another injured. The deaths pushed to 117 the number of American soldiers killed in Iraq since President Bush declared major combat operations over May 1st. V-O-A's Greg LaMotte has more from Baghdad. TEXT: Two soldiers from the U-S 4th Infantry Division were killed and another was wounded when a roadside bomb detonated as their vehicle patrol was passing by. The incident occurred about 70-kilometers north of Baghdad. Also on Tuesday, seven Ukrainian soldiers were wounded south of Baghdad when a roadside bomb exploded as their patrol was passing by. Afterwards the patrol came under attack from gunfire. There are more than 15-hundred Ukrainian soldiers in the Polish-led multi-national force that operates in central and southern Iraq. (SIGNED) NEB/GL/MAR/RAE/FC |
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