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,1 12 Monday, May 3, 2004 WORLU THE BATTAlioj Al-Sadr forces attack U.S. convoy in Ira(| I f you’re coming home to the Rio Grande Valley for the summer or thinking of making a change, UT Brownsville/ Texas Southmost College can help you continue your educational goals. Located one block from the Texas-Mexico border and 20 miles from South Padre Island, UTB/TSC offers a unique cultural experience paired with outstanding educational programs. Our small classes, friendly faculty and affordable student housing make us a great choice. Registration for summer and fall courses is currently underway. Call our Go Center/Info Shop at 1-877-882-8721 for information on programs of study, transfer applications, financial aid and more. wwwMtb.edu By Scheherezade Faramarzi THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Widespread attacks raise deadly toll ■) / yt ANY ONE READY FOR A ROADTRIP!! Gas to Austin $30.00 Food $10.00 Ticket to game $7.00 total $47.00 Getting to see the Aggies Invade Disch-Falk.... Priceless..well almost Join the Student Foundation for a Roadtrip to Austin!! See our Fightin' Texas Aggie Baseball team take on the t-sips! FRIDAY MAY 21, 2004 Cost:$15.00 m includes: transportation, food, ticket to game and a t-shirt For more information please check out our website Http://dsa-stuorg.tamu.edu/studentfoundation NAJAF, Iraq — Shiite militiamen attacked a U.S. convoy in southern Iraq, killing two soldiers and setting vehicles on fire, even as mediators were trying Sunday to find a resolution to the U.S. standoff with the militia’s leader. Two other American soldiers were killed in Baghdad. This latest convoy attack came Saturday night outside the city of Amarah, 180 miles south of the capital, when gunmen loyal to rad ical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr opened fire with small arms and rocket-propelled grenades, a U.S. military official said. A number of Humvees and trucks were seen burning on the road hours later, witnesses said. British forces battled al-Sadr’s al-Mahdi Army militia for 12 hours in Amarah in fighting that left five Iraqis dead and eight British soldiers wounded. The clash began when gunmen attacked a British patrol, wound ing one soldier. Five more soldiers were wounded as a team rescued the first man, said British Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Jonathan Arnold. i Fighting revived in the evening when insurgents fired mortar shells and rocket-propelled grenades at the British base in the city, and British soldiers lobbed flares into the night sky and fired on attackers. Two more British soldiers were wounded, and witnesses said two British trucks were burned. An Iraqi civilian working on the base was wounded by shrapnel from an exploding mortar shell, the British military said. Two more American soldiers were killed before dawn Sunday in an attack in northwest Baghdad that also wounded two Iraqi security officers and another American, the military said without elaborating. In a daring escape, American hostage Thomas Hamill pried open doors of the house where he was held hostage and ran half a mile to a military convoy. / Insurgents attacked! U.S. forces across Iraq, killing 11 Americans A soldier was killed and 10- wounded at a coalition base. Thomas Hami escaped his Iraqi captors. SYRIA Six U.S. soldiers were killed and 30 wounded in a mortar attack. JORDAN An attack killed two U.S. soldiers wounded two Iraqi security' guards and another American^ SAUDI ARABIA SOURCE Associated Frees The deaths raised the U.S. death toll to 144 since a wave ofi lence began April 1. At least 746 U.S. service members havedied Iraq since the war began in March 2003. Up to 1,200 Iraqisa!s were killed in April. Meanw hile. Marines who pulled hack from enforcing a cord on the southern city of Fallujah returned to their previous patrolling outlying villages. 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