- BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Two U.S. soldiers from the
1st Infantry Division were killed Monday north of the Iraqi capital, the
military said in a statement.
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- One of the soldiers died in a vehicle accident. At about
8:30 a.m., a patrol near Balad met an Iraqi truck being driven erratically,
the statement said. The driver of one of the patrol vehicles swerved to
avoid a collision, but the vehicle overturned, injuring two soldiers.
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- The soldiers were evacuated to a local military medical
facility where one later died of his injuries, the statement said.
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- The second incident happened at about 10 a.m., also near
Balad, when a patrol returning from the scene of the accident was attacked
with small arms fire, the military said. The patrol returned fire, and
one member was killed.
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- The names of the soldiers killed were withheld pending
notification of their families.
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- More than 1,040 members of the U.S. military have died
since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003.
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