U.S. soldier wounded by sniper fire north of Kut

WASSIT / IraqiNews.com: A U.S. soldier, working with the American Reconstruction Team in southern Iraq’s Wassit Province, has been injured by sniper fire north of Kut, a Wassit official said. “An unknown sniper opened fire on Wednesday noon against a soldier working for the American Reconstruction Team, who had been carrying out his duty over the building of the Municipal Council of Nu’maniya township, 40 km to the north of Kut,” he added. He said the wounded soldier was driven to a hospital belonging to the U.S. Army base in Nu’maniya township. Security forces cordoned off the area around the location around the venue of the attack, searching for the attacker. Kut, the center of Wassit Province, is 180 km to the south of Baghdad. SKH/SR 28