14 Iraqis and three US soldiers killed

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http://www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/story.asp?j=14782662&p=y478z7y6&n=14782776&x=

24/08/2006 - 6:21:15 PM

14 Iraqis and three US soldiers killed

A series of violent attacks across Iraq left more than a dozen people dead, including three US soldiers, authorities said today. The killings came despite assurances from U.S. officials that progress was being made to improve security in the capital.

At least 14 Iraqis, including civilians, soldiers and police, were killed in bombings and shootings, the latest casualties in the country’s ongoing sectarian and political violence.

Three car bombs in separate areas of Baghdad left a total of at least four civilians dead and wounded 18 people, including seven policemen, police said, while four day labourers were wounded by a bomb hidden in rubbish.
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Three US soldiers were killed in the Baghdad area, the US military said.

One soldier was killed this afternoon in the capital when his patrol was attacked by gunmen, the US military command said in a statement.

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[Serial Mom]

1. It will not stop, as dubya said "so long as I'm president!"

I cry each time I hear this and it is getting harder as the numbers grow.

:cry:

My heart aches...

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2. abductions, executions, etc still taking place

Abductions are widespread, with many carried out for ransom. Last week, a Catholic priest was kidnapped in Baghdad, and Pope Benedict XVI appealed for his release.

To the east, in the city of Kut, 100 miles south-east of the capital, police on Thursday found four handcuffed bodies dumped separately in the streets. All had been shot, said Mahmoud Khazim of the Kut city morgue.

Police in Mosul said they found the bodies of a five-member family – two women, one man and two young men – in a house in the east of the city.