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Officials: Iraqi councilman kills U.S. soldiers
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A member of an Iraqi city council shot at U.S. forces Monday outside Baghdad, killing at least three soldiers, two Iraqi Interior Ministry officials said.
But the U.S. military said one coalition soldier and an "enemy" were killed and five others were wounded. The military said it is investigating.
The Iraqi official fired an AK-47 at U.S. troops after they entered the City Council building in al-Madaen, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, according to one Interior Ministry official. The councilman killed at least three people and wounded four, a ministry official said.
U.S. forces returned fire, killing the councilman, according to two Interior Ministry officials.
The shooting happened after U.S. soldiers and local officials had attended a ceremony to open a park in al-Madaen, also known as Salman Pak, an Interior Ministry official said.
Monday, June 23, 2008
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Iraq Blast Kills 2 U.S. Soldiers, 2 Civilians, Military Says
By Camilla Hall
June 24 (Bloomberg) -- An explosion in Baghdad's Sadr City killed two U.S. soldiers and two civilians working with coalition forces, the American military said.
The attack on a district council building happened at around 9.30 a.m. local time today, the military said in an e-mailed statement. One U.S. soldier and three Iraqi council members were wounded in the explosion.
The Associated Press said six Iraqi civilians died and that the two coalition employees who were killed were U.S. citizens. The military didn't give the nationalities of the civilians who died.
No one should be surprised, since Iraqi majorities approve of the resistance and have since 2003.
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