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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 16, 2003
Release Number: 03-07-51


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


ONE SOLDIER KILLED, THREE WOUNDED IN ATTACK ON CONVOY

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A soldier from the 3rd Corps Support Command was killed and three others wounded at approximately 9:55 a.m. today in a rocket-propelled grenade attack on their convoy as it was traveling near Abu Ghuraib prison in the western part of Baghdad.

The soldiers were evacuated to the 447th Forward Support Battalion for treatment.

The names of the soldiers are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

For further information, contact the CJTF-7 Coalition Press Information Center at 914 360-5082/5089 or cpic.pressdesk.iraq@us.army.mil.

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