Two more U.S. soldiers among dead in Iraq

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http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/15101068.htm

Two U.S. soldiers among dead in Iraq

Security in Baghdad deteriorates as the prime minister prepares to visit Washington.

The Associated Press

BAGHDAD, Iraq | - Two American soldiers were killed Saturday in Baghdad, seven Shiite construction workers were gunned down and five Sunni civilians were blown up, deepening the capital’s security crisis.

Elsewhere, U.S. and Iraqi forces backed by a helicopter gunship launched a major attack Saturday on a headquarters of a radical Shiite militia south of Baghdad, killing 15 militiamen in a three-hour battle, U.S. officials said.

One U.S. soldier died in the second of two roadside bombs that exploded in east Baghdad at midmorning. An Iraqi civilian was killed by the first blast.

Another American soldier died Saturday evening when gunmen attacked his patrol with small-arms fire.

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1. Oh, is that still going on?

It's been all but out of the news lately.
All of these conspiracy theories I've been reading about regarding the de facto president's grand scheme in the Middle East are beginning to look pretty good.