U.S. Soldier, Interpreter Killed in Baghdad

Mon July 21, 2003 06:26 AM ET

BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier and an Iraqi interpreter were killed in a gun and bomb attack in Baghdad on Monday, a U.S. military spokesman said.
"At 10:30 a.m. (2:30 a.m. EDT) a first Armored Division soldier was killed in action and an Iraqi interpreter was also killed. It was a small arms and IED (improvised explosive device) attack," the spokesman said, reading from a statement.

Eyewitnesses reported seeing a U.S. military vehicle blown up on a city street around the same time, although the spokesman could not confirm that this was the fatal incident.