NEWS RELEASE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101
Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894
July 11, 2004
Release Number: 04-07-12C
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Task Force Olympia Soldier dies from roadside bomb
MOSUL, Iraq - One Soldier assigned to Task Force Olympia was killed and another injured this morning when their convoy was attacked with a roadside bomb approximately 140 kilometers south of Mosul. While the injured Soldier was being treated following the explosion, a vehicle approached at a high rate of speed and fired on the convoy. The Soldiers returned fire killing the driver.
The injured Soldier has been evacuated to the U.S. Army combat support hospital at Forward Operating Base Speicher and is in stable condition. The roadside bomb explosion also killed an Iraqi citizen that was driving behind the Task Force Olympia convoy.
The name of the Soldier killed is being withheld pending notification of next-of-kin.
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