Car bomb kills one soldier, wounds four, Iraqi Interior Ministry official is kidnapped from his home in Baghdad

From: Charleston Daily Mail | Date: April 5, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A bomb attack on a U.S. convoy in southern Baghdad killed one American soldier and wounded four others today, while gunmen broke into a house and kidnapped a top Interior Ministry official, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.

An abandoned taxi exploded as the U.S. patrol drove down an expressway in the Dora neighborhood, said Sgt. 1st Class David Abrams, a spokesman for Task Force Baghdad. He said one of the wounded soldiers had minor injuries, but no details were given on the others.

Another explosion targeted a joint Iraqi-U.S. convoy in the Amiriyah neighborhood in Baghdad, said ...

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