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Two US soldiers killed in central Iraq BAGHDAD, March 18, 2006 (AFP) - Two US soldiers were killed by indirect fire in a base northwest of the central Iraqi city of Tikrit, the US military reported on Saturday. An "indirect fire attack" on Thursday killed the two soldiers and wounded a third, all members of the 101st Airborne Division which is responsible for occupying the northern half of the country. The deaths come as the 101st, together with Iraqi troops, are sweeping through a 100 square mile patch of agricultural land between Samarra and Tikrit in a major operation searching for insurgents. According to the Pentagon, the number of US personnel that have died
since the war began nearly three years ago is 2,313. |
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