Thursday, July 03, 2003

TODAY'S OBLIGATORY ACCOUNTING OF ATTACKS IN IRAQ.
And an ambusher fired a grenade at a U.S. Army convoy in downtown Baghdad Thursday morning, wounding one soldier, and troops who returned fire killed an Iraqi bystander, witnesses said.

As the convoy moved along Baghdad's Haifa Street, a man fired a rocket-propelled grenade while standing in a car's sunroof; the grenade exploded beneath an Army Humvee, said Saddam Juwad, 22, a bystander. Most of the soldiers jumped from the Humvee before the explosion, Juwad said. One soldier who appeared to be injured was evacuated, Juwad and other witnesses said.

If you follow the Baghdad map link at the top of the page, you will find Haifa street in the grey section along the west (left) bank of the Tigris river in the middle of downtown Baghdad. It appears to be the the area held by 2d Brigade, 1st Armored Divsion.

Meanwhile the story goes on to say:


In another development, the Iraqi National Museum reopened its doors Thursday for the first time since the war. Looting at the museum provoked an international outcry after Baghdad fell on April 9, but U.S. occupation authorities say most of the museum's items including the world-famous treasures of Nimrud have now been accounted for.

Ah yes, the cultural disaster that wasn't.

Read the rest here.

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