Roadside bomb kills US soldier in Baghdad

BAGHDAD: The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed in a roadside bombing in Iraq.

A statement says the Multi-National Division — Baghdad soldier died when the blast struck the soldier's vehicle Saturday night in eastern Baghdad.

The death raises to at least 4,224 the number of U.S. military personnel who have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003. That's according to an Associated Press count.

The statement does not identify the soldier pending notification of relatives.

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http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/11/news/ML-Iraq-US-Casualties.php

Today another family is getting the news that their child/spouse/sibling/friend has died in this miserable illegal occupation.

This weekend 3500 National Guard troops from Wisconsin are getting ready to be deployed to Iraq- their largest deployment since WWII. I want to see our troops out of Iraq and here at home where they belong. It looks like we're going in the opposite direction.

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