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Monday, August 28, 2006

Posted by shammi-gmail at 5:26 PM

shammi-gmail: hyd, ap, India; BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A roadside bomb killed three U.S. soldiers Friday south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. The troops were killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Babil province, a military statement said. Eleven American troops have died in the first five days of the month in Iraq -- all but one in hostilities. So far this year, 235 U.S. military deaths have occurred in Iraq, including 76 last month. April marked the highest monthly death toll since November. In the wake of the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, 2,415 U.S. military troops and civilians have been killed in the