- MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Three
U.S. soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division operating in northern Iraq
were killed in a rifle and grenade attack Thursday, a U.S. military spokesman
said.
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- Soldiers from the 101st, based in Mosul, killed Saddam
Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay in a raid on a house in the city Tuesday.
At least one shadowy group has vowed to avenge their deaths.
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- "Three 101st Airborne Division soldiers were killed
in a small arms and RPG (rocket-propelled grenade) attack," the spokesman
at U.S. headquarters in Baghdad said by telephone.
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- That brings the total of soldiers killed by the enemy
to 44 since Washington declared an end to major combat on May 1.
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- It was the second fatal attack on the 101st since the
massive raid, which was backed by rocket-firing helicopters and killed
Uday and Qusay after they barricaded themselves into a house.
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- Saddam himself is still believed to be in hiding somewhere
in Iraq. U.S. authorities plan to publish photographs of his sons' bodies
in an effort to convince Iraqis there is no prospect of the former ruling
family returning to power.
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