- BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two U.S.
soldiers were killed and two wounded in attacks north of the Iraqi capital
Baghdad on Monday, the U.S. military said.
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- A U.S. military spokesman said the soldiers were killed
in separate attacks early Monday near the town of Balad, about 60 miles
north of Baghdad.
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- The spokesman said one soldier was killed and two were
wounded when they were ambushed with rocket-propelled grenade and small
arms fire at 7:40 a.m. (0440 GMT).
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- A few minutes later a U.S. soldier helping to transport
detainees was killed by a roadside bomb a few miles away.
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- The attacks brought to 162 the number of U.S. soldiers
killed in guerrilla attacks in Iraq since President Bush declared major
combat over on May 1.
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- That figure does not include the 17 soldiers who were
killed when two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters collided and crashed in the
northern city of Mosul Saturday night. The U.S. military says it is still
investigating the incident.
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- Balad is part of the so-called "Sunni Triangle"
north and west of Baghdad where ousted president Saddam Hussein has close
tribal ties and anti-American resistance is strongest.
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