Convoy ambush kills US soldier.AN AMERICAN soldier was killed yesterday and another was wounded when their convoy convoy Vessels sailing under the protection of an armed escort. Since the 17th century, neutral powers have claimed the right of convoy in wartime, providing warships to escort their merchantmen and keep them secure from search or seizure. was ambushed in northern Iraq. Meanwhile, four US soldiers were hurt in what appeared to be a land-mine attack in a rich Baghdad neighbourhood, witnesses said. In the north, gunmen opened fire on the eight vehicle convoy on a resupply re·sup·ply tr.v. re·sup·plied, re·sup·ply·ing, re·sup·plies To provide with fresh supplies, as of weapons and ammunition. re mission to a base near the town of Hadithah,120 miles north of Baghdad. US officials said helicopters were immediately sent to the area to find the assailants. Meanwhile, in the affluent Baghdadneighbourhood of Yarmouk, witnesses said they heard several explosions and a 15-minute burst of gunfire along the road to the airport, west of the capital. A US soldier near the scene said it was an ambush (language) AMBUSH - A language for linear programming problems in a materials processing and transportation network. ["AMBUSH - An Advanced Model Builder for Linear Programming", T.R. White et al, National Petroleum Refiners Assoc Comp Conf (Nov 1971)]. and that at least one Hum-vee personnel carrier was destroyed. Another soldier said it appeared the Humvee hit a land mine and four soldiers were wounded. Meanwhile, in Baqubah, 45 miles north-east of Baghdad, US soldiers shot and killed a woman who tried to approach them carrying two hand grenades. |
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