The AFP reports US soldiers wounded as Iraqi troops open fire from Red Crescent ambulance:
SOUTHERN IRAQ (AFP) - Three US troops were wounded , one seriously, after Iraqi soldiers used a Red Crescent ambulance to stage an attack in southern Iraq, an AFP correspondent reported.Time to cancel the "How low can you go" contest.
The Iraqi troops in Monday opened fire on a group of American soldiers who had approached the ambulance at a town north of Nasiriyah.
The seriously injured soldier would be evacuated, while two others were undergoing surgery at a captured air base, a US air force source said.