Armed fighters on Thursday ambushed a convoy carrying U.S. supplies near Khaldiyah, west of Baghdad, police Sgt. Shakir Ibrahim said, according to The AP. A number of trucks and sports utility vehicles were destroyed and there were an unspecified number of casualties, Ibrahim conveyed.
Meanwhile, A top-level European Union delegation has arrived in Baghdad, expressing hope for the EU's new partnership with Iraq.
"In Europe the war divided us, but now we are unified to help Iraq," said Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, whose country currently holds the rotating EU presidency, following talks with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Thursday.
"Yes, the Iraq war did divide Europe but there is a new spirit and we have put the past behind us to work for this new future of Iraq," said British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, whose country is due to take over the presidency in July.
EU external affairs commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner and foreign policy chief Javier Solana were also part of what was described as "an historic visit" ahead of an international conference on Iraqi reconstruction later this month.
"I think it is a very deeply significant event because this is the beginning of a new political relationship that would grow into a real partnership," said Ferrero-Waldner, according to AFP.
