Iraqi soldier hit by U.S. vehicle in Diwaniya dies
October 29, 2008 - 02:44:47
DIWANIYA / Aswat al-Iraq: The Iraqi soldier who was hit by a U.S. military vehicle yesterday died today, according to a military source from Diwaniya province.
“The soldier died at the U.S. army military hospital in Balad,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.
Yesterday, the deputy commander of the Iraqi army 8th division said that a steel column that was linked to a U.S. military vehicle hit an Iraqi soldier, wounding him seriously, denying reports that the soldier was injured by random U.S. fire.
But earlier, a source told Aswat al-Iraq that a soldier from the Iraqi Army’s 8th Division was wounded in the head when a U.S. patrol vehicle randomly opened fire upon its arrival at a security checkpoint (5 km south of Diwaniya city).
Diwaniya city lies 180 km south of Baghdad.
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