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cnnhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/13/iraq.main/index.html?section=cnn_topstories&eref=yahoo Insurgent group says it captured, killed U.S. troops
POSTED: 8:34 p.m. EDT, May 13, 2007
Story Highlights
• Al Qaeda in Iraq says it clashed Saturday with "Crusader" forces
• CNN cannot verify claim, but past postings on sites have been credible
• 4,000 soldiers look for missing troops after 5 killed in attack on U.S. patrol
• Two U.S. soldiers killed in separate explosions in Iraq, military says
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- As U.S. troops searched for three soldiers reportedly captured after an attack on their convoy, new attacks killed more troops and Iraqi civilians on Sunday.
Two U.S. soldiers died in separate blasts, the U.S. military reported. The first explosion was in the Salah Ad Din province, and the second in Haditha.
Insurgents also struck a crowded Baghdad square and political offices in northern Iraq in two bombings that killed 65 Iraqis and wounded 150 others, local officials told CNN.
Earlier Sunday, a terror group with links to al Qaeda in Iraq claimed responsibility for the weekend attack that sparked the manhunt for the missing U.S. soldiers, according to a statement on the Internet.(Watch Arwa Damon report on the hunt for missing U.S. soldiers. Video)
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