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3 marines killed in baghdad blast { June 29 2004 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5322157/ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5322157/ 3 Marines killed in Baghdad blast Other attacks reported, but no further deaths The Associated Press Updated: 2:43 p.m. ET June 29, 2004 BAGHDAD, Iraq - A roadside bomb rocked a military convoy in southeast Baghdad on Tuesday, killing three U.S. Marines and wounding two others in the first fatal attack on American forces since they transferred sovereignty to an interim Iraqi government. A U.S. soldier at the scene said the bomb hit the lead vehicle in a convoy. Earlier Tuesday, four heavy explosions rang out around midnight in central Baghdad, close to the U.S.-held Green Zone ¡X a near daily occurrence in the capital. But the military said there were no injuries in the blasts, which were caused by mortar fire. Other attacks Tuesday included one on a police station in Mahmudiyah, 20 miles south of Baghdad, reportedly killing one officer and one civilian. And assailants opened fire Tuesday on a U.S. patrol in the Azimiya neighborhood, a Sunni Muslim stronghold of north Baghdad. There were no U.S. casualties, but one Iraqi civilian was killed, according to an Interior Ministry official. Oil city unrest In Kirkuk, a roadside bomb exploded Tuesday as a senior Kurdish police official was heading to work, killing one of his guards and wounding him and two others, police said. Sectarian tension has been on the rise in Kirkuk, a city that sits atop vast oil reserves, and Kurdish officials and police have been the frequent target of attacks by gunmen. Tuesday's violence comes a day after the transfer of sovereignty. On Monday, one British soldier was killed and two were wounded by a bomb in Basra, southern Iraq. U.S. troops did not see any deaths Monday, but four U.S. soldiers were wounded in a roadside bomb attack on their convoy in Tikrit. Soldiers taken hostage Also Monday, Al-Jazeera television received a video in which extremists are shown shooting a man they identified as Spc. Keith Maupin. The U.S. military said it could not confirm whether the man shown being shot in a murky videotape was the 20-year-old from Batavia, Ohio. Maupin was taken hostage after an April 9 attack outside Baghdad. In a separate hostage-taking, the father of a U.S. Marine who was reported kidnapped by militants on Monday issued a plea for his release. The captors of Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun have threatened to behead him unless Iraqis in "occupation jails" are released. The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.

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