Five US soldiers die in coordinated Iraq attack

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http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2007/06/30/2003367497

AP, BAGHDAD
Saturday, Jun 30, 2007, Page 7

Five US soldiers were killed and seven wounded in a coordinated attack in southern Baghdad involving a roadside bomb and rocket-propelled grenades, the US military announced yesterday.

The soldiers were on a combat patrol when a roadside bomb exploded near them on Thursday, the military said in a statement. Shortly after the blast, insurgents attacked with small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades, it said.

All seven wounded soldiers were evacuated to a military hospital, and one has since returned to duty, the military said. The victims' names were withheld pending family notification.

The deaths brought to 99 the number of US troops who have died in Iraq this month, according to an Associated Press count.

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1. "yeah, too bad, or whatever. But its time for me to vacation some more." - Commander AWOL

The "V" is for vacuous - smirk, smirk, smirk.



pResident George AWOL Bush, center, waves his hat as his father, former President George H.W. Bush, left,
pilots his fishing boat Fidelity III off the coast of Kennebunkport, Maine, Friday afternoon,
June 29, 2007.

With this typical republicon goof off, Commander AWOL further secured his place in history as the most excessively vacationed executive of all time
(AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)