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US soldier killed in Baghdad
US soldier killed in Baghdad
Sunday December 02, 2007
A roadside bomb exploded against a US combat patrol in eastern Baghdad, killing one soldier and wounding three, the American military said Sunday.
The incident occurred on Saturday, a military statement said, offering no further details.
The latest fatality brought the military's overall losses in Iraq to at least 3,881 since the March 2003 invasion, according to an AFP count based on Pentagon figures.
The toll in November was 37, among the lowest levels since March 2006, when 27 US troops died.
US combat deaths have fallen each month since May, the bloodiest of the year for US troops and the third deadliest of the war.
The spike in combat deaths came as a beefed up US force surged out of bases and into the streets of Baghdad and surrounding towns in a push to halt spiralling sectarian violence.
But the US military credits the surge and a turnaround in the predominantly Sunni Al-Anbar province with an overall easing of violence in the past few months.
Fijilive
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