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June 29, 2007

Roadside Bomb Kills 5 US Soldiers in Baghdad
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=17FBDEC:A6F02AD83191E160DA8C5C89F683B7329574F7DCC14957C0 US military says
insurgents opened fire on soldiers' patrol after setting off bomb The
U.S. military in Iraq says a roadside bomb has killed five U.S.
soldiers in southern Baghdad.

The military said in a statement Friday the five were killed Thursday.
It says the attack also wounded seven other U.S. soldiers. The
military says insurgents opened fire on the soldiers' patrol after
setting off the bomb.

Another U.S. soldier was killed in a separate roadside bombing in
Baghdad Thursday.

In other developments Friday, insurgents bombed an oil pipeline south
of Baghdad, spilling crude oil and sparking a large fire.

And the U.S. military says troops killed three suspected terrorists
and detained 26 others in operations Friday across Iraq. It says the
raids were against senior leaders of al-Qaida in Iraq and bombing
networks.


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