3 U.S. soldiers injured in Tikrit

SALAH El-Din / IraqiNews.com: Three U.S. soldiers were wounded on Wednesday in Tikrit by unknown gunmen, said a police source. “Unidentified gunmen on Wednesday morning (Feb. 11) attacked a U.S. patrol of three vehicles on the main street in central Tikrit using hand grenades,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The attackers injured three U.S. soldiers and damaged a Hummer,” he also said. “U.S. forces sealed off the area and rushed the wounded to a U.S. medical facility,” he noted. A source from the joint coordination center in Tikrit confirmed the incident, without giving more details. Tikrit, the capital of Salah el-Din, lies 175 km north of Baghdad. SH (P) 1