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Iraq bomb kills U.S. soldier, 8 Iraqis shot
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-05-14 16:52
A car bomb killed a U.S. soldier in Iraq and U.S. troops shot dead eight
Iraqis, including five civilians, during an attack on a patrol, the American
military said.
The soldier was killed and four others were wounded when a car bomb exploded
on Friday near their patrol near Baiji, about 180 km (112 miles) north of
Baghdad, the U.S. military said in a statement.
At least 1,238 U.S. military and Pentagon personnel have been killed in
action in Iraq through Friday since the start of the 2003 invasion, according to
Pentagon figures.
U.S. troops killed three insurgents who fired on their convoy after trying to
ram it on Friday in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, the military
said.
The soldiers then opened fire on two cars that approached the patrol and
appeared to be hostile, killing five civilians, the military said. The incident
is under investigation.
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