- BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S.
soldier and a policeman were killed in separate attacks in Iraq Monday
as the continuing violence prompted dozens of South Korean contractors
to pull out of the country and Bangladesh to close its embassy.
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- Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, spokesman for the U.S.
Army in Iraq, said the soldier from the 101st Airborne Division was killed
in a drive-by shooting in the northern city of Mosul, which has seen an
upsurge in attacks on American troops.
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- "There was a drive-by shooting by four Iraqis. They
shot and killed him," Kimmitt told a news conference.
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- The shooting brought to 308 the number of U.S. soldiers
killed in action in Iraq since they invaded in March, including 193 killed
since major combat was declared over on May 1.
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- Sunday, a roadside bomb blast in Mosul killed one U.S.
soldier and wounded two. Last month guerrillas mortared the headquarters
of the 101st Airborne, killing one soldier.
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- In Baquba, 40 miles north of Baghdad, a police bomb disposal
expert was killed when a tank round planted on a busy street was detonated
by remote control, a U.S. military commander in the city said.
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- Iraqi police and others seen to be working or cooperating
with U.S. and allied authorities are increasingly the target of attacks
by loyalists to the former regime. Last month 17 policemen were killed
in twin bomb blasts in and near Baquba.
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- While the U.S. military says the overall number of attacks
has declined following a recent offensive against guerrillas, November
was still the deadliest month for U.S. troops since the war to overthrow
Saddam Hussein was launched on March 20.
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