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Five US soldiers killed in Iraq
Four of the soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb while on patrol northwest of Baghdad, the US military said in a statement.
- Agencies
- Published: 09:27 February 9, 2008
- Image Credit: AP
- Iraqi police patrol Baghdad's Al Amil neighbourhood. Residents of Al Amil who had fled sectarian violence have started returning home.
Baghdad: Bomb attacks killed five American soldiers in Iraq on Friday, the US military said on Saturday.
Four of the soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb while on patrol northwest of Baghdad, the military said in a statement.
The other soldier was killed by an explosion near his vehicle during an operation in northern Iraq, it said.
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