Iraqi town devastated as US troops respond to ambushes

THE Iraqi town of Samarra was partly devastated after US troops yesterday responded to two ambushes.

Tue, 02 Dec, 2003 - 00:00

Jean Dalarue, Samarra

Local officials said eight civilians were killed and dozens more wounded by US fire.

Elsewhere in Iraq, an American soldier died of wounds he sustained when Iraqi gunmen attacked an army convoy yesterday near Habbaniyah, west of Baghdad.

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