Five gunmen killed after attacking U.S. force in Thi-Qar

THI-QAR / IraqiNews.com: Five gunmen were killed after attacking a U.S. force, while two persons fled from a hospital in Nassiriya, a security source said on Tuesday. “Preliminary information assert that five people were killed after attacking U.S. forces in Basra on Sunday (Sept. 5),” head of the security committee, Sajad al-Asadi told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Two people escaped from al-Hussein hospital after receiving treatment,” the hospital’s manager, Dr. Sadam al-Taweel, said. “The two person were wounded when they tried to attack a U.S. convoy in southern Nassiriya,” he added. Nassiriya, the capital of Thi-Qar, lies 380 km south of Baghdad. SH (P) 2