At least 42 killed in Iraq; 3 U.S. troops die -
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The attack came a day after an American soldier died when a roadside bomb hit his patrol near Diwaniyah, 80 miles south of Baghdad. (article 5)
According to an Associated Press count, at the height of unrest from November 2006 to August 2007, on average about 65 Iraqis died each day as a result of violence. (article 6)
US soldiers and Iraqi militants exchanged fire after a rocket attack from a Shi'ite Mehdi Army militia stronghold on a U.S. base southeast of Baghdad, Iraqi police said on Thursday. (article 10)
Mr Browne flew into the southern city of Basra, where UK troops are based, on Wednesday during his visit to Iraq. (article 11)
Three US soldiers have been killed and two wounded in a rocket attack on a combat outpost in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriya, the US military says. (article 4)
As illumination flares drifted down over the desolate northern city, Apache attack helicopters circled the neighborhood and U.S. armored vehicles took their positions around the block. (article 9)
The US says it has killed a number of militants in clashes in the mainly-Shia Muslim city of Kut in southern Iraq. (article 7)
Local medics said at least 17 people were killed, including five children, during gun battles on Tuesday between troops and Mehdi Army militiamen. (article 7)
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- Iraqi police find mass grave during raid - (baltimoresun.com, 03/14/2008, 440 words)
- Along Karada's streets, funeral tents were spread ... (baltimoresun.com, 03/14/2008, 412 words)
- At least 55 die in 2 Iraq bombings - (baltimoresun.com, 03/14/2008, 435 words)
- Iraq attack kills three US troops (BBC News, 03/12/2008, 215 words)
- Three U.S. troops killed in Iraq - (baltimoresun.com, 03/14/2008, 645 words)
- At least 42 killed in Iraq; 3 U.S. troops die - (baltimoresun.com, 03/14/2008, 363 words)
- US troops clash with Iraq militia (BBC News, 03/12/2008, 494 words)
- 5 U.S. soldiers, Iraqi killed by suicide bomb - (baltimoresun.com, 03/14/2008, 537 words)
- In Mosul, a Hopeful Partnership (Washington Post, 03/12/2008, 662 words)
- Iraq’s Mehdi army attacks US base near Kut (ft.com, 03/13/2008, 263 words)
- UK commitment to Iraq 'absolute' (BBC News, 03/13/2008, 445 words)
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