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Source: Associated Press

Iraq: 2 US soldiers, 1 Marine killed

The Associated Press
Published: April 15, 2007

BAGHDAD: Two U.S. soldiers and a Marine were killed in separate
incidents in Iraq, the U.S. military said Sunday.

One soldier was killed by small arms fire Sunday while trying to reach
an Iraqi police unit under attack near a mosque in southern Baghdad,
the military said in a statement. One civilian was wounded in the
incident.

Another soldier died Saturday when a roadside bomb exploded while
the unit was on a foot patrol south of Baghdad, the military said in
another statement.

A Marine died the same day in combat in Anbar province, the military
said.

The victims' names were withheld pending family notification.

Read more: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/15/africa/ME-GEN-Iraq-US-Casualties.php

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