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Sunday, 09 January 2005
UKRAINIAN, KAZAKH PEACEKEEPERS KILLED IN IRAQ EXPLOSION
By empty (1/9/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Seven Ukrainian peacekeepers and one Kazakh soldier serving in Iraq were killed when one of the aerial bombs Kazakh sapper unit servicemen were transferring from a truck to a depot went off, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry\'s press service told Interfax. The incident occurred in the province of Wasit on Sunday, the press service said. The explosion injured another seven Ukrainian and four Kazakh peacekeepers.
Seven Ukrainian peacekeepers and one Kazakh soldier serving in Iraq were killed when one of the aerial bombs Kazakh sapper unit servicemen were transferring from a truck to a depot went off, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry\'s press service told Interfax. The incident occurred in the province of Wasit on Sunday, the press service said. The explosion injured another seven Ukrainian and four Kazakh peacekeepers. They were taken to a U.S. military hospital in Baghdad. (Interfax)