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About a million rn since. iered what kind of a ;t intellectually, but When she talked to I went ‘ka-ching’,” e a testament to the :rgy that we have in 7A Thursday, September 25, 2003 WORLD THE BATTALION Roadside bomb attack misses U.S. patrol, kills Iraqi civilians By Steven Hurst THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD, Iraq — A home made bomb exploded Wednesday along a road in the Iraqi capital, missing a U.S. military patrol but killing at least one Iraqi and injur ing 18 others as it destroyed two civilian buses, police and hospital officials said. Also Wednesday, U.S. troops killed four Iraqis in two separate engagements near Saddam Hussein’s hometown Tikrit and seized about 1,000 rounds of ammunition in a raid around the nearby village of Uja, where the ousted Iraqi leader was bom. The bombing took place in the Azamiyah district, a commercial and residential neighborhood of north-central Baghdad. The American vehicles escaped dam age but two buses were destroyed, according to Iraqi police Lt. Awas Ibrahim. Hospital officials report ed that five of the injured were in critical condition. U.S. troops face a growing threat of attack by roadside bombs, most of them remotely controlled so that attackers can detonate them from a distance as convoys pass. Such devices are discovered almost daily around this city of 5 million people. The presence of improvised bombs marks a new and dan gerous tactic in Iraqi resistance against the U.S. military occu pation. U.S. and Iraqi officials blame the resistance on rem nants of Saddam’s regime, which was toppled by the U.S.-led coalition in April. In the Tikrit area, U.S. troops came under fire twice early Wednesday but suffered no casualties, according to Mtij. Hbshlyn Abdrte, woman for the - 4th Infantry Division. U.S. troops called in an AC-130 gunship after seven draqis attacked an oil pumping (Station near Balad, just south |of Tikrit. At least one Iraqi % TURKEY •f* Mosul A bomb exploded in a sex-film theater, killing two and wounding seven. Mosul Beiji SYRIA JORDAM -- Around Tikrit ' U.S. troops aborted two ambushes and clashed with anti- American forces. Nine Iraqis were killed. • Tikrit Baghdad O Bombing suspect arrested* -p? U.S. troops (arrested an Iraqi j 3 responsible for blowing up an oil pipeline near Beiji last week. h “Location of . ' arrest not known Bombings, attacks rattle Iraq Bomb blasts and ground clashes marked one of the bloodiest days of combat in weeks. U.S. troops also arrested an Iraqi suspected of sabotage _ «■ . . , IRAN Baghdad <r \ A bomb rocked the "w Azamiyah district, killing one Iraqi and wounding 18. 0 ,0 °™ Ku&i’r" 100 km / SAUDI ARABIA Kuwait \ Cit y\ SOURCES: U.S. Central Command; Associated Press AP died when the gunship opened fire on his car. Also near Balad, a U.S. patrol killed three Iraqis waiting in ambush with small arms and rocket-propelled grenades, the military said. U.S. troops have been carry ing out near-daily raids in the Tikrit area following a coordi nated attack by Iraqi resistance fighters on Sept. 19 that killed three American soldiers. The raids have resulted in dozens of arrests and follow-up raids. In Mosul, a bomb exploded Wednesday in a movie theater showing foreign sex films, and witnesses said two people were killed and seven injured. Religious and political groups have warned cinema owners against showing such films after censorship ended following the collapse of Saddam’s regime. Saddam loyalists have also been '* 'blam'ed'for 1 ' thk^assa^iri&tl^rt; atlefhjM ! /Saturday against a woman member of fh£ Iraqi Governing Council, Aquila al-Hashimi, who was shot by at least six men in a pickup truck while driv ing near her Baghdad home. On Wednesday, a council spokesman, Entifadh Qanbar, said al-Hashimi’s condition had “deteriorated dramatical ly” and that doctors at a U.S. military hospital in Baghdad “are trying their best” to save her. Later, a senior U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said al-Hashimi’s con dition was worsening “although the latest reports are not as nega tive as they were early this morn ing.” He added, however, that “there is a serious decline.” Al-Hashimi, a career diplo mat and member of a prominent Shiite Muslim family, had been preparing to leave for this week’s U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York when she was ambushed. She served in the Foreign Ministry during the Saddam gov ernment and was the only official of the ousted regime appointed to "■thd l!, ’2 I 5-iyi'e'mber ' Governing Council..She had been expected to become Iraq’s new enVoy to the United Nations. The current council presi dent, Ahmad Chalabi, blamed Saddam loyalists for the attack on al-Hashimi as part of a cam paign to target Iraqis who work with the U.S.-led coalition. Last month. Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, a top Shiite cleric who leads a movement with a seat on the Governing Council, was killed in a car bombing that left at least 85 people dead. The council was established by the U.S.-led coalition in mid-July to put an Iraqi face on the process of rebuilding the country. A Gallup poll conducted in recent weeks found that most Baghdad residents believed the ouster of Saddam was worth the hardships they’ve endured since then. However, the survey also found that Baghdad residents were divided on whether the country is worse off or better off than before the U.S. invasion. The poll found that 62 per cent think ousting Saddam was worth the hardships, including electrical outages, job shortages and civil unrest. Two-thirds, 67 percent, said they think that Iraq will be in better condition five years from now than it was before the U.S.-led invasion. Only 8 percent say they think it will be worse off. However, 47 percent said the country is worse off than before the invasion and 33 percent said it is better off. The Gallup poll of 1,178 adults was conducted face to face in the respondents’ house hold from Aug. 28 through Sept. 4 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 per centage points. The Press Association, Britain’s domestic news agency, reported that more than 200 British troops searched for weapons Wednesday in the southern Iraqi town of Tannuma. British officers said only a hand ful of weapons were found but they believed the operation was useful to remind Iraqis of the coalition presence. NEWS IN BRIEF iCity, police dropped from Kansas woman's lawsuit over photo questions S SAUNA, Kan. 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