Three U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq Ambush

NPR | By Emily Harris

Published September 18, 2003 at 12:00 AM EDT

Three American soldiers die and two others are wounded in an ambush near Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit. Meanwhile, U.S. officials appear on Iraqi television asking Saddam's former defense minister, Sultan Hashim Ahmed, to surrender. Hear NPR's Emily Harris.

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