- (AFP) - A US soldier was killed today during a massive
US-Iraqi onslaught on the rebel city of Samarra, north of Baghdad, the
US military said.
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- A First Infantry Division soldier was killed at around
1pm "as Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-National Forces secured areas
throughout Samarra," said a statement.
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- Last night, thousands of US and Iraqi government troops
launched a massive operation against insurgents in Samarra, in the first
major pre-election push to reclaim the country's troublespots.
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- The statement also said four soldiers were wounded in
the fighting.
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- The US military claims it killed 109 insurgents in its
raid, while local medical sources have reported 90 deaths.
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- Based on Pentagon figures, the latest deaths bring to
1048 the number of US troops killed in Iraq since last year's invasion.
- Agence France-Presse
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