US military: 2 troops killed in Iraq

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US military: 2 troops killed in Iraq

(AP) – 53 minutes ago

BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. military says two American soldiers have been killed

while conducting operations in central Iraq. They were the first to die this

month.

The military statement released Sunday gave no further details about the deaths.

The soldiers were killed on a day marked by a wave of deadly explosions around

Baghdad that killed at least 16 people most of them Iraqi security forces.

The names of the deceased are being withheld pending notification of next of

kin. The military said the incident is being investigated.

The deaths raise to at least 4,454 the number of U.S. military personnel who

have died in Iraq since the war began in March 2003. That's according to an

Associated Press count. Eleven were killed in April, a 15-month high.

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