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01-26-2004, 07:59 AM
U.S. Soldiers Arrest Nearly 50 in Raids Following Bloody Weekend in Iraq
By Jeremy Reynalds
Talon News
January 26, 2004
TIKRIT, IRAQ (Talon News) -- U.S. soldiers arrested nearly 50 people and confiscated weapons in several raids in Iraq's volatile Sunni Triangle after a series of bombings that killed six U.S. soldiers.
The Associated Press (AP) reported that a U.S. soldier died Sunday of wounds suffered in a grenade attack on his Bradley vehicle that was patrolling a central Iraqi town of Beiji the day before, said Maj. Josslyn Aberle, a spokeswoman for the 4th Infantry Division. Five other U.S. soldiers were killed in separate bombings.
A blast that narrowly missed an American convoy killed four Iraqis and wounded about 40 others in a bloody day of attacks on Saturday.
The deaths raised to 513 the number of U.S. service members who have died since the United States and its allies launched the Iraq war March 20. Most of the deaths have occurred since the formal end of combat was declared on May 1.
More (http://www.gopusa.com/news/2004/january/0126_iraq.shtml)
By Jeremy Reynalds
Talon News
January 26, 2004
TIKRIT, IRAQ (Talon News) -- U.S. soldiers arrested nearly 50 people and confiscated weapons in several raids in Iraq's volatile Sunni Triangle after a series of bombings that killed six U.S. soldiers.
The Associated Press (AP) reported that a U.S. soldier died Sunday of wounds suffered in a grenade attack on his Bradley vehicle that was patrolling a central Iraqi town of Beiji the day before, said Maj. Josslyn Aberle, a spokeswoman for the 4th Infantry Division. Five other U.S. soldiers were killed in separate bombings.
A blast that narrowly missed an American convoy killed four Iraqis and wounded about 40 others in a bloody day of attacks on Saturday.
The deaths raised to 513 the number of U.S. service members who have died since the United States and its allies launched the Iraq war March 20. Most of the deaths have occurred since the formal end of combat was declared on May 1.
More (http://www.gopusa.com/news/2004/january/0126_iraq.shtml)