Seven soldiers wounded in Iraq attacks

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20030906/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_us_attack&cid=1514&ncid=1480

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Seven American soldiers have been wounded by unknown attackers in separate incidents north of Baghdad, the US army revealed.

"Four soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division were wounded September 5 when their convoy was ambushed by small arms fire, four improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and two rocket-propelled grenades near Kayarah," said a statement Saturday.

Kayarah is near the oil-rich northern city of Mosul.

Two other troops were wounded Friday by unknown attackers near Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, while another American soldier was injured when his convoy was hit by small arms fire and an IED near Muqdadiyah in northern Iraq, the army said.

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[bemildred]

1. "improvised explosive devices (IEDs)"

That is sooooo military, acronyms for everything.

[hadrons]

2. well Dumsfeld can visit them and make them feel better

... that's what the corporate media will report

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3. bring them home. n/t

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4. Tiger traps and pungi sticks.......

Small arms and innovation can cripple even the mightiest tiger! "Death by a thousand cuts!" The Iraqi's learned the lesson of Vietnam. Seems our Chickenhwak leaders are made of denser stuff.