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Reid THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD, Iraq Insurgents destroyed an American tank north of Baghdad, killing two U.S. soldiers, and wounded seven Ukrainians in the first ambush against the multina tional force patrolling central Iraq, officials said Wednesday. The attacks were part of a dra matic upsurge in recent days. U.S. policy in Iraq suffered another setback when the interna tional Red Cross announced it was reducing its international staff in the country, two days after a deadly suicide car bombing at its Baghdad headquarters. The humanitarian group Medecins Sans Frontieres, or Doctors Without Borders, also announced it had pulled out workers. Secretary of State Colin Powell had urged the Red Cross and other nongovernment organizations to stay in Iraq because “if they are driven out, then the terrorists win.” Attacks on the rise Attacks on coalition forces jumped to an average of 33 a day in the past week. 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Come by one of our studios or visit us on-line @ www.speciaiphoto.com Bryan 260-9016 3514 East 29th College Station 696-9898 2551-G S. Tx Ave. Red Cross to cut back Iraq staff The International Committee of the Red Cross has reconsidered its deployment in Iraq following a wave of suicide bombings, one of which killed two foreign employees at the agency’s Baghdad headquarters. Approximate number of ICRC foreign staff in Iraq 30 : 12 tzzzi ::::::: 100 Feb March April May :: June July Aug 40 Sept ::: sss :s:3o Oct ICRC maintained a ...which was increased to interview Currently the agency has small staff during prisoners of war, gradually returning about 30 foreigners on staff the invasion... to pre-war levels by Sept. and 600 Iraqi employees. SOURCES: Associated Press; The International Committee of the Red Cross AP The Iraqi Governing Council blamed the upsurge on foreign fighters. The council on Wednesday called on neigh boring countries to crack down on infiltrators crossing into Iraq and provide Iraqi authori ties with information about for mer regime figures who may be hiding on their soil, accord ing to a statement carried by the Arabic language television statement Al-Jazeera. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari will raise the bor der issue during a meeting of regional foreign ministers in Damascus, Syria next week, Al- Jazeera said. The latest attacks — 233 over the last seven days accord ing to the U.S. military — have driven the combat death toll dur ing the occupation above the number killed before President Bush declared an end to active combat on May 1. Two American soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division were killed and one was wounded late Tuesday when their Abrams bat tle tank apparently hit a land mine near Balad, 45 miles north of Baghdad, division spokeswoman Maj. Jossyln Aberle said. Their deaths brought to 117 the number of American soldiers killed by hostile fire since May 1. A total of 114 U.S. soldiers were killed between the start of the war March 20 and the end of April. It was the first M1 Abrams battle tank destroyed since May 1, military officials said. Several of the 68-ton vehicles — the mainstay of the Army’s armored forces — were disabled in com bat before May 1. The ambush of the Ukrainians occurred Tuesday night when two armored person nel carriers rolled over land mines near Suwayrah, about 40 miles southeast of Baghdad. After the vehicles were dis abled, gunmen opened fire on the disembarked soldiers, a • spokesman for the multinational division at Camp Babylon said on condition of anonymity. The spokesman said it was the first ambush against the Polish- led force that since. September has been patrolling a belt of cen tral Iraq south of the capital. About 1,650 Ukrainians are serv ing in the Polish-led force of some 9,500 peacekeepiers. In Geneva, the International Committee of the Red Cross said it would remain in Iraq, but would reduce the number of international staff — now about 30 — and increase security for those who stay. The agency has 600 Iraqi employees. “The ICRC remains commit ted to helping the people of Iraq,” said Pierre Kraehenbuehl, the agency’s director of operations. Medecins Sans Frontieres, which operates clinics and helps at a hospital in Baghdad, said some of its international staff had left Baghdad for Jordan. Officials of the group said medical personnel had been scheduled to leave Baghdad in the near future, but their depar ture was hastened by the Red Cross attack. “The reduction was foreseen,” spokeswoman Linda Van Weyenberg said. “It was sped up because of events. It’s a balance between the security of the staff and the needs of the population.” She did not say how many staffers left? The group previous ly said it had seven international staffers in Baghdad. Baghdad police commander Maj. Gen. Hassan al-Obeid on Wednesday announced measures to bolster security in the capital, including additional 24-hour checkpoints and special patrols around sensitive locations, according to coalition-run Iraqi television. Elsewhere, three soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division were slightly wounded Wednesday when up to seven roadside bombs exploded near their convoy in the northern city of Mosul, the mili tary said. And in Ramadi, 60 miles west of Baghdad, witnesses said an explosive device intended for U.S. troops detonated Wednesday as a civilian car was passing by, seriously injuring the driver. Col. William Darley, a U.S. military spokesman, said American forces are now suffer ing an average of 33 attacks a day. That marked a dramatic escalation over the average of 12 daily attacks reported in July. By late September, occupation authorities reported the average ranged from “the low teens to the mid-20s” over the previous two months. 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