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Friday, December 29 2006 @ 08:15 AM EST
Contributed by: River97
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 Romandie News -- RIGA - Two Latvian soldiers were killed Wednesday in Iraq when a bomb exploded next to their passing vehicle, announced the Latvian armed forces.
They are the first Latvian soldiers killed as the result of a hostile attack in Iraq. In 2004, a Latvian soldier died while on a mineclearing operation.
Three other soldiers were wounded in the explosion of the roadside bomb when the military vehicle, a Latvian Humvee, passed in the vicinity, according to an official statement.
One of wounded was seriously injured and the two others more slightly, as indicated to an AFP spokesman from the armed forces, Uldis Davidovs. All three will be brought back to Latvia.
The explosion took place at midday near Al-Diwaniyah, the south-east of Baghdad.
The two soldiers who were killed, Vitalijs Vasilevs , 24 years, and Gints Bleija , 25 years, were about to finish their mission in Iraq. |
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Tuesday, June 15 2004 @ 08:09 AM EDT
Contributed by: tomw
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www.mfa.gov. --MFA.GOV.LV -- Today we received the sad news that First Lieutenant Olafs Baumanis has been killed in a mine-clearing incident in Iraq while fulfilling his duties as deputy commander of the unit for the destruction of unexploded ammunition of the Latvian contingent in Iraq. I express my deepest sympathy to his relatives. In my thoughts and prayers I am with them. I confirm that all possible support will be given to the family of the deceased soldier.
It is not easy to be a soldier and safeguard peace. First Lieutenant Olafs Baumanis' responsibility was the destruction of explosives. We are all aware that mine-clearing is a humane but extremely dangerous mission. This work requires both high professional skills and psychological preparedness. It is exactly these specialists of the Latvian Armed Forces who have received the highest evaluation in all the international operations they have carried out. Conscientiously fulfilling their duties and destroying explosives threatening human lives day after day, First Lieutenant Baumanis made life safer for numerous peaceful residents of Iraq. |
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