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U.S. Soldier Killed, Three Wounded in Baghdad Attack, U.S. Says
July 31 (Bloomberg) -- A U.S. soldier was killed and three were wounded when their M-113 armored personnel carrier hit a landmine in Baghdad today, according to an e-mailed statement from the U.S. military Central Command.
It happened at about 12:20 p.m. Baghdad time on the main highway near the capital's airport, Agence France-Presse reported.
A U.S. soldier was killed and two were wounded yesterday in an attack in central Iraq, the U.S. Central Command said in a separate statement today. The soldiers, members of the 4th Infantry Division, were attacked by small arms fire near Ba'qubah, a town about 60 kilometers (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad.
U.S. soldiers are coming under almost daily attack in Iraq more than three months after Saddam Hussein's regime was ousted in a three-week war. Fifty-one U.S. military personnel have now been killed in action since President George W. Bush declared on May 1 that ``major'' combat operations had ended. At least 60 other military personnel have died since then in accidents and other ``non-hostile'' incidents, according to the Pentagon.
Last Updated: July 31, 2003 08:37 EDT

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