U.S. Soldier Killed in Ramadi, Ex-Iraqi Interior Minister Arrested

09/08/2003| IslamWeb

One U.S. soldier was killed in Ramadi by Iraqi resistance fire. In Tikrit and Fallujah U.S. troops came under renewed attacks with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms early Saturday. Meanwhile, U.S. troops arrested Saddam Hussein's interior minister, Mahmoud Diyab al-Ahmed, Al-Jazeera reported. Today, soldiers west of Kirkuk opened fire on a car that ran a military checkpoint, wounding two Iraqis, McDonald said. The victims were evacuated to a Kirkuk hospital in stable condition, he said. In south-central Baghdad, two soldiers were wounded in a roadside bomb attack on their armored Humvee vehicle, said Maj. Todd Mercer of the 82nd Airborne Division. In the southern city of Basra, which is controlled by British troops, about 1,000 angry residents protested in the streets over the lack of power, water and gas. Witnesses said that three British soldiers were injured by stones, and two young Iraqi boys were wounded in the melee. A British military spokesman denied any soldiers were hurt. **PHOTO CAPTION*** U.S. Army soldiers in front of the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad, Iraq on Saturday Aug. 9, 2003.(AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills