Posted on 06/30/2003 10:30:52 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
U.S. soldier wounded in grenade attack in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, July 1 (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier was lightly wounded on Tuesday when an American military convoy was attacked by a rocket-propelled grenade near Baghdad airport, the U.S. military said.
The attack, on a highway close to the capital's international airport, came despite a U.S. crackdown on armed resistance in Baghdad and areas to the north.
A military spokesman said the soldier was lightly wounded and witnesses said a military vehicle was hit. U.S. convoys travelling on the same highway have been targeted on several occasions in the past.
U.S. forces have come under fire almost daily in recent weeks in mainly Sunni Muslim central Iraq, a stronghold for ousted President Saddam Hussein.
At least 22 U.S. and six British troops have been killed by hostile fire since U.S. President George W. Bush declared major combat in Iraq over on May 1.
The U.S. military, which has about 156,000 soldiers in Iraq, has launched several operations to stamp out attacks. The latest, Operation Desert Sidewinder, began on Sunday with infantry soldiers backed by aircraft and armoured vehicles.
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