CENTCOM NEWS RELEASES

August 2, 2003
Release Number: 03-08-04

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ONE KILLED, THREE INJURED IN RPG ATTACK

BAGHDAD, Iraq - One 4th Infantry Division soldier was killed and three injured at approximately 10:30 p.m. on Aug. 1, when their convoy came under rocket-propelled grenade attack south of Shumayt.

Soldiers were evacuated to the 28th Combat Support Hospital.

Soldiers’ names are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

The incident is under investigation.


August 2, 2003
Release Number: 03-08-05

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

IRAQI WOMAN KILLED DURING ATTACK ON U.S. SOLDIERS

BAGHDAD, Iraq - An Iraqi woman was killed Aug. 1 when U.S. soldiers fired in self-defense during an attack in the Al Mansor district.

Unknown assailants dropped an explosive device on a six-vehicle convoy from a highway overpass at approximately 6:45 p.m. The woman was near the location where the explosion occurred.

Iraqi Police Services officers and soldiers from the 1st Armored Division secured the scene.

Neighborhood residents brought the victim to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead.