Two US soldiers and two journalists killed in rocket attack south of Baghdad

SADDAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (AFP) Apr 07, 2003
Two US soldiers and two journalists were killed in an Iraqi rocket attack earlier Monday on a US military army position south of Baghdad, a US army major said.

"Right now for KIA (killed in action)," Major Mike Birmingham told reporters on the ground.

"Fifteen WIA (wounded in action) of which two are critical. Of KIA, two are soldiers, two are reporters," Birmingham said without disclosing their nationalities or affiliation.

Birmingham, spokesman for the 3rd Infantry Division, would not give a breakdown for the 15 wounded.

"A rocket hit near 2nd Brigade combat team's tactical operations centre," Birmingham had said earlier in the day.

Most of the 2nd Brigade is currently conducting operations within Baghdad, where it was involved on Monday in the seizure of three Iraqi presidental palaces, including President Saddam Hussein's main official residence in the heart of the city.

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