Ambulance used for 'drive-by' attack in Iraq

Attackers used an ambulance for cover as they carried out a drive-by attack on American forces at one of Saddam Hussein’s former palaces in Iraq, a US military official said today.

“We don’t believe that the ambulance itself was engaged” in the firing on the troops, said US Lt Col Steve Russell. “This is not the first time we have seen ambulances used in cross fire.”