- A US soldier was killed and three others injured in a
rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) attack north of Baghdad, the US military
said.
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- "One 4th Division Infantry soldier was killed and
three injured at approximately 10:30 pm (1830 GMT) on August 1 when their
convoy came under an RPG attack south of Shumayat," a town between
Balad and Tikrit around 100 kilometres (60 miles) north of Baghdad, a spokesman
said.
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- Since US President George W. Bush declared an end to
major combat in Iraq on May 1, the US-led coalition says 53 US soldiers
have been killed in guerrilla attacks, while at least 56 have died in non-combat
incidents.
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- In a separate attack on Friday, an Iraqi woman was killed
by US soldiers who had come under fire in the Mansur district of Baghdad.
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- "An Iraqi woman was killed when US soldiers fired
in self-defence during an attack in Mansur," the spokesman said.
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- An unknown assailant threw an explosive device at a convoy
of six US military vehicles from a bridge at 6:45 pm (1445 GMT).
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- "The woman was at the location when the explosion
occured. Neighbourhood residents brought the victim to the local hospital
where she was declared dead," the spokesman said.
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