- BAGHDAD -- A bomb planted
on a road in Baghdad killed a U.S. soldier from the 1st Armored Division
on Sunday, an Army spokesman said.
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- The spokesman said the soldier was evacuated to hospital
after his vehicle drove over the bomb in the early hours of Sunday, but
he died a few hours later.
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- The death brought to at least 123 the number of U.S.
soldiers killed in action in Iraq since Washington declared major combat
over on May 1.
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- Also Sunday, the U.S. military said a U.S. Chinook helicopter
carrying up to 35 people had been shot down, killing at least one person
on board and wounding at least 20. There were no immediate details on whether
the victims were soldiers on civilians.
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