3 US troops killed

Published September 22, 2003

BAGHDAD, Sept 21: Two US soldiers were killed in a mortar attack while a third died from a roadside bomb blast in the latest strikes against the US occupation forces in Iraq, military officials said on Sunday.

Under cover of darkness, guerrillas fired two mortar bombs on Saturday evening at the Abu Ghraib prison, west of Baghdad, which is guarded and run by the US Army.

“There were two soldiers killed and 13 wounded,” a military spokeswoman said.

Also on Saturday night, a soldier from the US 3rd Armoured Cavalry Regiment was killed by a bomb attack. He was pronounced dead on his way to a military hospital.—Agencies

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