Attacks Kill 3 U.S. Soldiers in Baghdad

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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq (news - web sites)'s cascade of violence claimed more American lives, with a bomb attack on a military convoy killing one U.S. soldier Monday and gunmen slaying another in an ambush on a patrol in the capital

Three American soldiers have been killed in attacks in Baghdad in a 24-hour period. Four other U.S. soldiers were wounded in a grenade attack on their convoy in the restive town of Ramadi west of Baghdad.


Early Monday, insurgents threw a homemade bomb at a U.S. convoy in northern Baghdad, killing a soldier, said Sgt. Patrick Compton, a spokesman for the military.


The night before, two gunmen ambushed a platoon in the Adhamiyah neighborhood of northern Baghdad, and in the firefight that followed an American was killed, a military statement said.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=716&e=6&u=/ap/20030707/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

[fertilizeonarbusto]

1. "mission accomplished," all right

eom

[Maeve]

2. Always be careful what you ask for--you might get it

"Bring 'em on" :grr:

[RichV]

3. :-(

It seems we've already reached the point where troop deaths don't merit headlines. I had trouble finding more info on this on some of the major news sites. Then again, maybe the news is just too fresh.

[RichV]

4. Ah, nevermind.

The sites seem to be revising their stories now to include these two deaths along with the other soldier killed yesterday at the Baghdad university.

Can we call this a "guerilla war" yet?

[VolcanoJen]

5. Dupe... locking

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