Attacks kill 6 U.S. troops, 13 civilians

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BAGHDAD - Three separate attacks in Baghdad killed six U.S. soldiers, and at least 13 Iraqi civilians died when a roadside bomb exploded Wednesday next to buses used by morning commuters, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.

Three of the soldiers were killed and two were wounded after their Humvee was hit with an explosively formed penetrator, a type of bomb that the U.S. alleges Iran has been supplying to Shiite militias. Iran denies the accusation.

AP Television News video of the bombing Tuesday in the predominantly Shiite Mashtal neighborhood of eastern Baghdad showed the twisted wreckage of the Humvee burning wildly as soldiers hosed it down with water.

Two soldiers were killed and another wounded in an eastern section of Baghdad on Wednesday during combat operations, the military said.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070905/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq


thank goodness for the surge!

[TwilightGardener]

1. RIP and God bless to our fallen soldiers.

[cali]

2. That's a fine sentiment

and I share the RIP part, but truth be told, I am more wrenched by the deaths of Iraqi civilians. They didn't sign up for it.