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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061218/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraqEx-Iraqi minister escapes; bomb kills 5
By LAUREN FRAYER, Associated Press Writer 28 minutes ago
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The former electricity minister — a dual U.S.-Iraqi citizen who was jailed for corruption — escaped police custody with the help of security agents he once hired to protect him, an anti-corruption official said Monday.
Elsewhere in Baghdad, a car bomb killed five people and wounded at least 19 in the southern Sunni area of Sadiya, near a vegetable market. Though no one immediately claimed responsibility, sectarian conflict between Sunnis and Shiites has fueled much of the recent violence in Baghdad.
Meanwhile, the U.S. military announced the deaths of two more American troops, raising to 59 the number of U.S. personnel killed in December. A Marine assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5 died Saturday, and a soldier with the U.S. Army's 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division died Friday, it said.
At least 2,947 members of the U.S. military have died since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, according to an Associated Press count.