Two Iraqis killed in Baghdad clash
Two Iraqi men were killed and two US troops were injured in an exchange of fire at a Baghdad mosque, witnesses and soldiers said today.
In an apparently co-ordinated attack, witnesses said a grenade was thrown at the turret of a US armoured car yesterday as gunmen opened fire from the top of buildings opposite the Abu Hanifa mosque.
But US Central Command said it could not confirm that the incident had happened or that there had been any casualties.
The mosque is in the city’s Adamiya district, one of the last areas of Baghdad to fall to coalition forces during the war.
“We have evidently had some type of explosive thrown at one of our vehicles and injured some personnel. Two personnel that we know of,” Sgt Larry Caldwell said.
Iraqis at the scene said two civilians were killed in the exchange of fire that followed.
Dozens of US troops have been killed and injured in a series of hit-and-run attacks that have become common since the end of major combat last month.
