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March 26, 2007

US Military: Roadside Bombs Kill Five US Soldiers in Iraq
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=16CD31D:A6F02AD83191E1603F1D0A9720D47A429574F7DCC14957C0 Four died in
attack in the volatile province of Diyala north of Baghdad The U.S.
military says roadside bombs have killed five more American soldiers
in Iraq Sunday, including four in the volatile province of Diyala
north of Baghdad.

Two other U.S. soldiers were wounded in the Diyala attack.







A US army Apache helicopter drops flares as it flies over Baghdad, 25
Mar 2007The military also says a U.S. soldier was killed while
conducting a routine bomb clearance mission in northwestern Baghdad. A
statement says the soldier's unit has found 21 roadside bombs during
more than 100 missions in the past week.

Also Sunday, Iraqi officials say a Sunni mosque was bombed in the town
of Haswa, a day after a Shi'ite mosque was destroyed in the same town.

Meanwhile, the U.S. military says Iraqi police arrested a man Friday
who planned to detonate explosives aboard a truck carrying chlorine.

U.S. officials say the truck was stopped near a police station about
150 meters from a water treatment plant in Ramadi.

Insurgents have carried out seven chlorine bomb attacks in Iraq this
year.

Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.


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