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Associated PressUS troop deaths hit 7-month high in IraqBy SLOBODAN LEKIC, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 16 minutes ago
BAGHDAD - The killings of three U.S. soldiers in separate attacks in
Baghdad pushed the American death toll for April up to 47, making it
the deadliest month since September.
One soldier died when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb. The
other died of wounds sustained when he was attacked by small-arms
fire, the military said Wednesday. Both incidents occurred Tuesday
in northwestern Baghdad.
A third soldier died in a roadside bombing Tuesday night in the east
of the capital, the military said.
-snip-In all, at least 4,059 members of the U.S. military have died since
the Iraq war started in March 2003, according to an Associated Press
count.
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