Roadside bomb wounds three U.S. soldiers in Baghdad
( 2003-10-25 14:56) (Agencies)
A roadside bomb exploded as a U.S. patrol was passing in Baghdad at dawn on
Saturday, wounding three soldiers, a U.S. officer said.
Captain Ty Wilson of the 1st Armored Division, said at the scene that a
makeshift bomb, possibly a mortar round detonated by remote control, had
exploded at about 7 a.m. on an exit ramp off a highway in the southwest of the
capital.
"It was an IED (improvised explosive device) just like all the others around
town," he said. "They got a patrol."
Wilson said the blast, placed beside a steel guard rail under a tree, had hit
a Humvee military vehicle. The wounded soldiers' lives were not in danger.
"Nothing life-threatening," he said.
Guerrillas fighting the U.S.-led occupation have killed 108 American soldiers
since U.S. President Bush declared major combat in Iraq over on May 1. Many
Iraqi civilians have also been killed in attacks meant for U.S. troops, or in
crossfire.
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