AP: Nine U.S. soldiers killed in attacks around Baghdad

The Associated Press

Published: October 3, 2006

Nine U.S. soldiers killed in attacks around Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq Nine U.S. soldiers have died in recent attacks in and around Baghdad, the U.S. command said Tuesday.

Four were killed in different areas of Baghdad on Monday in separate small-arms fire attacks, the military said. Another four were killed the same day in a roadside bomb attack on their patrol northwest of Baghdad at 6 p.m. (1500 GMT)

The ninth died Sunday when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb west of the capital.

No further details were released and the soldiers' names were being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

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Two U.S. soldiers killed in Afghan clash

KABUL (Reuters) - Two U.S. soldiers and an Afghan soldier were killed in a clash with insurgents in the eastern Afghan province of Kunar, the U.S.-led coalition force said on Tuesday.
Three U.S. soldiers were also wounded in the fighting late on Monday in the province's Pech district.

Violence has surged in the Afghan east and south this year to its most intense since U.S.-led forces ousted the hard-line Taliban five years ago, weeks after the September 11 attacks.

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