Five US Soldiers Killed in Bomb Attack

Five US Soldiers Killed in Bomb Attack
At least five troops of the U.S.-led occupation force in Iraq were killed on Wednesday after their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb west of Baghdad, a U.S. military spokesman said. The incident took place at al-Anbar province west of Baghdad. In another attack west of Baghdad, resistance fighters destroyed two cars, burning several passengers and dragging one body outside, dancing around it and making the victory sign, witnesses said, according to Reuters. They said the cars were four-wheel drives, similar to those used by members of the U.S.-led occupation forces in Iraq. One witness said attackers in the town of Fallujah shot at the vehicles with small arms. Elsewhere, a bomber blew up explosives in his car when he was near a convoy of Iraq government vehicles northeast of Baghdad on Wednesday, injuring at least six Iraqis, police said. The attack took place in the city of Baqouba, some 50 kilometers northeast of Baghdad, said police Col. Ali Hossein, according to The AP. The attacked convoy was used to transport the Diala provincial governor, Abdullah al-Joubori, but he was elsewhere at the time. Three of the injured were al-Joubori's bodyguards, the three others bystanders, Hossein added. The bomber died in the attack. **PHOTO CAPTION*** Iraqis mutilate a burnt body of a dead man believed to be a US citizen who was inside a car attacked in the flashpoint town of Fallujah, west of Baghdad. At least two people believed to be Americans were killed when gunmen opened fire on two four-wheel-drive vehicles in Fallujah, police said.(AFP/Karim Sahib)

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