Kuwaiti gunmen fire on U.S. troops; one Marine dies
Wednesday, October 9, 2002
KUWAIT -- Two Kuwaiti gunmen in a pickup truck attacked U.S. forces during war games Tuesday on an island in the Persian Gulf, killing one Marine and wounding another before they were shot to death by U.S. troops. Kuwait called the assault a "terrorist act."
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