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May 18, 2003
Release Number: 03-05-60
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ROCKET PROPELLED GRENADE ATTACKS
CAMP DOHA, Kuwait - A Rocket-Propelled Grenade (RPG) destroyed a U.S. Army tanker truck at Iraqi fuel storage depot in Baghdad Saturday evening. There were no Coalition or civilian casualties, though the vehicle was destroyed in the attack.
The vehicle was on a humanitarian assistance fuel mission at the time of the attack. United States Marines apprehended and detained four Iraqis for questioning.
On Saturday, two soldiers were injured when an RPG struck their U.S. Army 5-ton truck near Habbaniyah. They were transported to a field medical hospital for treatment of their injuries, which were not life threatening.
The search for the perpetrators of the attack is ongoing.
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