AP: Blast kills 3 U.S. soldiers near Baghdad (Diyala)

[Eugene]

EDIT: Replaced original article with AP story

Blast kills 3 U.S. soldiers near Baghdad

1 hour, 28 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Three U.S. soldiers were killed and four wounded in an explosion
in a building in a volatile area northeast of Baghdad, the military said Saturday.

The blast occurred Friday while the Task Force Lightning soldiers were searching
for a weapons cache and clearing a building in Diyala province, where U.S. and Iraqi
forces have been battling Sunni insurgents and Shiite militias for months around
the city of Baqouba.

The soldiers' identities were not released pending notification of relatives.

The deaths raised to 36 the number of American troop deaths so far this month.
At least 3,120 members have died since the Iraq war started in March 2003,
according to an Associated Press count.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070210/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_us_casualties_1

Original article: Three U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq blast-military - Reuters

Related: FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Feb 10 - Reuters

The Reuters Factbox also says that two car bombs have killed at least 8 people in Baghdad.

[xchrom]

1. welcome to the surge.

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2. and 4 wounded. ----- blasts,= burns, head injuries. ect .

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3. K

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4. k

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5. i

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6. c

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7. k

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8. &

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9. R

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10. e

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11. c

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12. for the troops and their familie

[saigon68]

13. Lots more Gold Star Mothers this AssClown will Make.

General David Petraeus(2ndL) is given the coalition forces flag while outgoing General George Casey(2ndR) looks on, during a handover ceremony at Camp Victory in Baghdad. Petraeus, a 54-year-old paratrooper and scholar, took charge of US-led forces in Iraq with orders to push forward with fresh ideas and save a struggling mission.(AFP/POOL/Maya Alleruzzo)

[jannyk]

14. kick

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15. 6 choppers down in 3 weeks - 36 Dead US. soldiers in 10 days, Gates claims

he's been working on plan B if Bush's surge fails?!! this is the ultimate scam to escalate the war!!

[Vidar]

16. Sadly just fodder for cannon.