- (Bloomberg) -- A U.S. Marine was killed yesterday and
three were wounded in a mortar attack in Western Iraq, a senior coalition
military official said, according to Agence France-Presse. Earlier the
coalition announced that two U.S. soldiers were killed in attacks yesterday.
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- The attack on Marines came near the Iraqi-Syrian border
at Qusayba, AFP cited the official as saying. The Marine was the first
to die since 25,000 U.S. Marines arrived in Iraq earlier this year, relieving
other forces returning to the U.S., AFP reported.
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- A mortar attack on a coalition base near Baghdad airport
just outside the capital killed two U.S. soldiers and injured six others,
AFP said earlier, citing a statement from the U.S. military. One soldier,
in the 13th Corps Support Command, died immediately in the attack yesterday
on Logistics Base Seitz, AFP said. Three of the eight injured were evacuated
to a hospital, where one died of his injuries, the news agency said.
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- Three people were killed and 10 were wounded north of
Baghdad in an attack today on a bus transporting the crew of an Iraqi television
station funded by the US-led coalition, AFP cited hospital officials as
saying.
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- At least 27 people also died and 40 were hurt yesterday
in a car bomb attack on a hotel in Baghdad, according to the U.S. military.
Most of the dead were residents of two homes across the street from the
Hotel Jabal Lebanon.
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- Iraq is less than four months away from receiving formal
legal power to run its affairs from the U.S.-led occupation. While that
also means Iraqis will take more charge of security, they face a recurring
threat of random violence.
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