3 soldiers, interpreter killed in Iraq

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3 soldiers, interpreter killed in Iraq
By Kim Gamel - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Feb 23, 2009 16:45:14 EST

BAGHDAD — Three U.S. soldiers and an interpreter were killed Monday during fighting north of Baghdad, the military said.

The four deaths occurred during combat in Diyala province, an area northeast of Baghdad that continues to be volatile despite an overall drop in violence nationwide.

The attack came two weeks after a suicide car bomber struck a U.S. patrol in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, killing four American soldiers and an Iraqi interpreter in the deadliest single attack against U.S. forces in nine months.

At least 4,250 members of the U.S. military who have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

The statement did not provide more details about the attack or identify those killed pending notification of relatives.


Rest of article at: http://armytimes.com/news/2009/02/ap_casualties_iraq_022309/%2e



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