14 U.S. troops in Iraq killed in 48 hours

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070621.wiraq0621/BNStory/International/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20070621.wiraq0621

BAGHDAD — The U.S. military said 14 American troops have died in several attacks in the past 48 hours, including five slain Thursday in a single roadside bombing that also killed four Iraqis in Baghdad.

Elsewhere, a suicide truck bomber struck the Sulaiman Bek city hall in a predominantly Sunni area of northern Iraq, killing at least 16 people and wounding 67, an Iraqi commander said.

The latest U.S. deaths raised to at least 3,545 the number of American troops who have died since the war began in 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

The deadliest attack was a roadside bomb that struck a convoy in northeastern Baghdad on Thursday, killing five U.S. soldiers, three Iraqi civilians and one Iraqi interpreter, the military said.

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1. And right before the weekend

Patriotic, flag waving bush supporters are getting ready for the weekend barbecue and we have to air this news? How evil of us. We should embargo any "bad" news from Iraq over the weekend so the true american patriots won't be troubled by the news.