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Five American Soldiers Killed in Baghdad
By ERICA GOODE and RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.
Five American soldiers on foot patrol in an upscale shopping district in central Baghdad were killed Monday when a man walked up to them and exploded the explosive-laden vest he was wearing, according to American military officials.
Hours later, a car bomb exploded outside the most important hotel in the northern Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah, killing 2 people and wounding 30 in the first significant attack in the normally placid city in several years.
Taken together, the two attacks underscored how fragile security in Iraq remains despite a recent drop in attacks and assertions by American military officials that Sunni insurgents are on the run.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/wo...html?ref=world
By ERICA GOODE and RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.
Five American soldiers on foot patrol in an upscale shopping district in central Baghdad were killed Monday when a man walked up to them and exploded the explosive-laden vest he was wearing, according to American military officials.
Hours later, a car bomb exploded outside the most important hotel in the northern Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah, killing 2 people and wounding 30 in the first significant attack in the normally placid city in several years.
Taken together, the two attacks underscored how fragile security in Iraq remains despite a recent drop in attacks and assertions by American military officials that Sunni insurgents are on the run.
Excerpt
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/wo...html?ref=world