CENTCOM: U.S. SOLDIER KILLED IN CAR BOMB ATTACK (confirmed)

U.S. SOLDIER KILLED IN CAR BOMB ATTACK

BAGHDAD, Iraq — One U.S. Soldier was killed and two were wounded when a terrorist detonated a homicide car bomb near a Task Force Baghdad convoy at 1:50 p.m. Aug. 9 in central Baghdad.

The convoy was stopped at a crowded intersection waiting for traffic to clear. There were a number of civilian casualties.

An Iraqi Army battalion as well as local firefighters and emergency medical technicians responded to the attack to secure the area and evacuate casualties.

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