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GI Killed, 2 Hurt in Attack at Iraq Base
TIKRIT, Iraq - A U.S. soldier was killed and two were wounded by small-arms fire at their base in northern Iraq (news - web sites), the military said Thursday.
The U.S. Central Command said the soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division
came under attack at a forward position 50 miles northeast of Baghdad at 11:45
p.m. Wednesday.
The wounded soldiers, who weren't identified until their families were
notified, were taken to a military hospital for treatment, Centcom said in a
statement.
The death brought to 50 the number of U.S. troops killed in hostile action
since May 1, when President Bush (news
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sites) declared an end to major combat in Iraq. In all, 165 Americans have
been killed in combat in Iraq, 18 more than died in the 1991 Gulf War (news
- web
sites).
The attack came 25 miles east of Baqouba, where U.S. troops have come under
repeated attack recently, especially by mortar fire.
It is in the so-called "Sunni Triangle," a heavily Sunni Muslim area to the
north and west of Baghdad where support for ousted dictator Saddam Hussein (news
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sites) has been strongest and where U.S. forces have come under the most
attacks.
The death of the soldier late Wednesday broke a period of relative peace. No
U.S. soldier had been reported killed in combat in Iraq in more than 48 hours.
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