“Deadly Period For American Forces” Rocks Baghdad...

Associated Press Lee Keath October 3, 2006 at 09:03 PM
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A suicide bomber unleashed a blast in a Baghdad fish market Tuesday and two Shiite families were found slain north of the capital as violence across Iraq claimed at least 52 lives.

The U.S. military, meanwhile, announced the deaths of nine soldiers and two Marines in what has been a deadly period for American forces in Iraq.

The announcement brought to at least 15 the number of servicemembers killed in fighting since Saturday.

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