Baghdad Bomb Attack Kills U.S. Soldier, 4 Iraqis
Baghdad Bomb Attack Kills U.S. Soldier, 4 Iraqis
Fri December 5, 2003 07:27 AM ET
By Andrew Hammond
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A bomb exploded in the middle of a busy Baghdad road on Friday, killing one American soldier and at least four Iraqis as a military convoy and a packed minibus passed in opposite directions, police and witnesses said.
The attack came ahead of a visit to Iraq by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, a key architect of the war that toppled president Saddam Hussein but now under fire over the chaos that has ensued. He is expected to arrive on Saturday.