- BAGHDAD (AFP) -- An American
soldier was killed Tuesday in Baghdad after insurgents tossed a grenade
at an Army Humvee as drove down a road in the capital, the military said.
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- Another soldier was injured and taken to a military hospital
where he was listed in serious condition. There was no word on Iraqi casualties.
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- Both soldiers were part of the 1st Armored Division.
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- The name of the soldier was withheld pending notification
of his family.
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- The military said it didn't believe the attack was related
to the bombings at Shiite shrines in the capital in Karbala, which left
several dead and injured.
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- The latest death brings to 548 the number of U.S. service
members who have died since the United States launched the Iraq war in
March. Most have died since U.S. President George W. Bush declared an end
to active combat May 1.
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