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3 U.S. soldiers injured in Tikrit

February 11, 2009 - 09:40:50

SALAH El-Din / Aswat al-Iraq: Three U.S. soldiers were wounded on Wednesday in Tikrit by unknown gunmen, said a police source.
“Unidentified gunmen on Wednesday morning (Feb. 11) attacked a U.S. patrol of three vehicles on the main street in central Tikrit using hand grenades,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“The attackers injured three U.S. soldiers and damaged a Hummer,” he also said.
“U.S. forces sealed off the area and rushed the wounded to a U.S. medical facility,” he noted.
A source from the joint coordination center in Tikrit confirmed the incident, without giving more details.
Tikrit, the capital of Salah el-Din, lies 175 km north of Baghdad.

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