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Suicide Bomber Kills Five in Iraq

Mar-31-2005 » Filed Under: TF Freedom

The AP is reporting that that a U.S. soldier had died from injuries he sustained during a clash in northern Mosul on Wednesday.

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By ANTONIO CASTANEDA, The Associated Press

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide bomber blew up a car Thursday south of Kirkuk, killing two Iraqi soldiers and three bystanders, while parliament negotiators tried to come up with a Sunni Arab candidate to serve as speaker of the newly elected National Assembly. [...]

The U.S. military announced that a U.S. soldier had died from injuries he sustained during a clash in northern Mosul. The soldier was among several people injured Wednesday during a routine check of vehicles, Lt. Col. Andre Lance said.

Several U.S. soldiers tried to approach a taxi, and gunmen inside opened fire, Lance said. The soldiers returned fire, killing the assailants, and the taxi exploded, likely because it was carrying explosives, Lance said.

The soldiers then came under fire again and several were injured, including the soldier who later died, Lance said. He added that two civilians were killed, but Iraqi police said six civilians died. [...]

The story continues with other news from around Iraq.


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