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The attacks occurred in a city long considered relatively safe for U.S. troops, compared to Baghdad and the cities and towns' in the “Sunni Triangle” to the south. Elsewhere, paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division captured two former Iraqi army generals in Fallujah, the military said. The generals were not identified, but the military said they were sus pected of financing and organiz ing anti-coalition fighters in the volatile city west of Baghdad. Guerrillas near Fallujah shot down a U.S. Army Chinook hel icopter on Sunday, killing 15 soldiers in the bloodiest single strike against American forces since the war began March 20. No American soldiers were reported killed Wednesday by hostile fire. But one 1st Armored Division soldier died of wounds from a “non-hostile gunshot” at a checkpoint in Baghdad, the military said. In one of the Mosul attacks, an Iraqi teenager was killed in a grenade blast near city hall, hos pital officials said. Two Iraqis and one U.S. soldier were wounded, the U.S. military reported. Hospitals reported 10 Iraqis were wounded; the discrepancy could n’t be reconciled immediately. In another incident, two Iraqi civilians died in Mosul when a rocket-propelled round struck their car after apparently miss ing a military convoy, Sgt. Chris Ryder said. He said an Anny explosives disposal specialist was wounded. Hospitals report ed three Iraqis were wounded. Later Wednesday, two American soldiers were injured in a rocket-propelled grenade attack, the military said. Another was wounded when an impro vised explosive device exploded at his convoy. In Baghdad, the new head of the Iraqi Governing Council, Jalal Talabani, announced he would visit Turkey on Nov. 19 to seek improved relations. He said he would also go to Iran and Syria. Relations were strained last month when the Turkish parlia ment voted to allow the govern- Center of Americai) led occupation The "Green Zone" is an area or the west side of the Tigris Rive centered on Saddam Husseins Republican Palace, which serves as the Coalition Provisional Authority headquarters. >1 krrt - - . Al-Rasheed Hotel ' ■ N& ' ' ' !] opublican,Palace. Republic- ,. 1 ! SOURCES: DigitalGlobe; Associated Press ment to send troops to join tk U.S.-led occupation of Iraq. Ik Governing Council strongly opposed a deployment becaust of hostility among the Kurdisl minority and ill feelings aftei four centuries of domination by the Ottoman Turks. Talabani, who assumed Ik rotating council president! Saturday, is a Kurdish politician. Turkey fought a 15-year war against Kurdish rebels, whostill have bases in northern Iraq. On Tuesday, Turkey’s ambas sador to the United Stales. Osman Faruk Logoglu, said his country would not send peace keeping troops into Iraq withoii! an invitation from lie Governing Council. Responding to reported criti cism of the Governing Council in an Arab newspaper, Talabani defended the U.S.-appointe; body, saying: “The council’s ref resentation of the Iraqi people is better than the representation of any Arab country to its people." And he blamed Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida terror network and an allied group for car bombings and roadside blasts that have killed dozens of people in Iraq in recent weeks. “We believe that the fighters in Iraq belong to the organiza tion of al-Qaida and Ansar al- Islam,” Talabani said. “We have a plan to fight those.” Washington says Ansar al- Islam is linked to al-Qaida, and some U.S. officials say it repre sents the main organized adver sary to American forces in Iraq. S' i _ Four killed V. complet Student sanction letter frc campus The 1 dents wl fire. 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