Two Australian troops wounded in Iraq explosion

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Two Australian soldiers were wounded when an improvised explosive device destroyed their armored vehicle in the southern Iraqi province of Dhi Qar, a Defense Department spokesman said Tuesday. The two were flown by US helicopter to a military hospital at the Tallil Air Base after the attack north of An Nasariyah on Monday evening, Brig. Gus Gilmore said. Their injuries were not life-threatening, he said. A second armored vehicle that was patrolling with the first also was damaged by the explosion and was unable to move.