Several Iraqis killed, one US soldier hurt in Baghad blast
AFP, December, 2003
BAGHDAD (AFP) — An explosion near a mosque as a US convoy drove by left several Iraqis dead and wounded at least one US soldier hurt and covered in blood in Baghdad, witnesses told AFP.
Blood, pieces of flesh and discarded clothing and shoes littered the street in the New Baghdad district in the southeast of the capital, an AFP reporter at the scene said Friday.
Sweets seller Ahmed Ali, 30, said: "At 9:30 (0630 GMT) this morning a convoy of two American vehicles passed outside my shop. I saw one American soldier badly wounded and covered in blood."
"When it exploded the street was blocked with traffic. People in ...