Wednesday, October 22, 2003


One G.I. Killed in New Attack in Falluja
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ALLUJA, Iraq, Oct. 20 (AP)- Iraqi insurgents struck American forces in this tense city west of Baghdad for a second day on Monday, killing one American paratrooper and wounding six others, the United States command said.

Two civilians were killed in the clash, including one whose family said he was shot by the Americans after they detained him. In the hospital where the bodies were taken, the man, Nazem Baji, had a gunshot wound in the back of his head and his hands were tied in front of him with plastic bands similar to those used by the United States military when they arrest suspects. ...