5 US troops bombed
4 foreigners killed, bodies mutilated in another Iraq attack
AP, Fallujah, Iraq
In one of the bloodiest days in weeks for the US military, five troops died when a bomb exploded under their military vehicle west of Baghdad yesterday. At least four foreign nationals, including one American, were killed in a separate attack and some of the bodies were burned, beaten and hanged from a bridge. The explosive device that killed the American troops blew up when their vehicle ran over it, US Army Col. Jill Morgenthaler said in Baghdad. The attack happened in Anbar province, which encompasses Fallujah, Ramadi and other towns where anti-US insurgents are active. Residents said the bomb attack occurred in Malahma, 12 miles northwest of Fallujah. US Marines operate in the area, but it was unclear whether the slain troops were Marines. In another attack Wednesday, gunmen in Fallujah attacked two four-wheel-drive civilian vehicles, killing their occupants and setting the cars on fire. Some witnesses said four people were in the vehicles, others said six. Footage from Associated Press Television News showed one man beating a corpse with a metal pole. Others tied a cord to one of the bodies, attached it to a car and drove it down a street, surrounded by a cheering crowd. An Associated Press reporter saw two blackened bodies hanging from a bridge.
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