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Six more US troops die in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AFP) - A suicide bomber has attacked a US outpost north of Baghdad, detonating an explosives-laden vehicle that killed two American soldiers and wounded 17 more.

Separately, the military announced the deaths "in combat operations" of three marines and a soldier over three days in the western province of Anbar.

An Iraqi security official told AFP Monday's attack was carried out against an American base in Tarmiyah, 30 kilometres (19 miles) north of the capital.

"Insurgents initiated the attack on the outpost with a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonation," a US military statement said Monday. "The attack site has been secured and wounded soldiers have been evacuated."

The deaths brought the number of US servicemen and women to have died in the Iraqi campaign since the March 2003 invasion to 3,135, according to an AFP tally based on Pentagon figures.


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