A US soldier was killed on Friday when a bomb detonated under a military convoy in which he was traveling in Fallujah, west of the capital Baghdad, the Army said.
The 3rd Infantry Division soldier died of injuries in the attack on the main Fallujah bridge over the Euphrates River, military spokeswoman Sgt. Amy Abbott said.
Earlier, a witness in Fallujah reported seeing four US soldiers evacuated from the scene of the attack and said three American Humvees were badly damaged. The military said it had no information on the number of wounded or other details of the attack.
According to AP, the attack occurred at about 3:30 p.m. (local time) after more than 24 hours during which the military had not reported any “violence” against US forces.
Meanwhile, earlier Friday, the US military used plastic explosives to topple a 30-foot statue of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein on horseback from a pedestal in Saddam’s hometown of Tikrit. Soldiers also defused a huge homemade bomb near Baghdad's airport.
The head of the statue was taken to 4th Infantry Division headquarters in Tikrit as a trophy, with the rest of the bronze to be shipped to Fort Hood, Texas, where it will be melted down and turned into a memorial, said Sgt. Maj. Gregory Glen of Baltimore. (Albawaba.com)
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