Attack in Fallujah injures two U.S. soldiers

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Friday, June 20, 2003 Posted: 2:48 AM EDT (0648 GMT)

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Two U.S. soldiers late Thursday were injured in an attack in the central Iraqi town of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, coalition military sources said.

According to the sources, one of the soldiers suffered a concussion. The other was bruised.

No details were immediately available about the nature of the attack, but U.S. forces have frequently come under fire in Fallujah -- said to be a hotbed for loyalists of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

U.S. troops are in the middle of Operation Desert Scorpion, the largest military deployment since the height of the Iraq war in early April.

The operation has involved dozens of raids since it began Sunday, focusing largely on areas in and around Baghdad and central Iraq near Fallujah, Tikrit and Kirkuk, according to U.S. Central Command.

There have been at least five attacks on coalition forces since Wednesday.