BAGHDAD, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Up to four U.S.
soldiers have been killed in central Iraq during the past 24 hours, the U.S.
military said on Saturday.
Two U.S. soldiers and two Iraqi civilians were killed by a roadside bomb explosion near the soldiers' patrol in
southwest of Baghdad on Saturday, a military statement said, adding that a third
soldier was wounded by the attack.
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U.S. soldiers walk in the town of
Yousifiya in south Baghdad during a joint patrol with Iraqi forces Mar.
11, 2008. Up to four U.S. soldiers have been killed in central Iraq during
the past 24 hours, the U.S. military said on
Saturday.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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But a following statement announced the wounded died
of his fatal wounds in a military medical facility.
On Friday, an indirect fire attack in south of
Baghdad killed a U.S. soldier and wounded four others, a U.S. military statement
said.
The indirect fire usually refers to mortar or rocket
attacks in the terminology of U.S. military statements.
The latest deaths pushed the death toll of U.S.
soldiers in Iraq closer to 4,000 since the war broke out in 2003, according to
media count based on Pentagon figures.
Anti-war protests mark fifth
anniversary of Iraq war in San Francisco
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Iraq War demonstrators, wearing masks,
march in front of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 19,
2008, to mark the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq.(Xinhua
Photo)
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LOS ANGELES, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of protesters took to the streets
in San Francisco on Wednesday to mark the fifth anniversary of the start of the
Iraq war.
The protests took place at several downtown locations, with reported brief
clashes between demonstrators and police, witnesses said. Full story
Bush defends Iraq war as "right
decision"
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U.S. President George W. Bush defended
on Wednesday the Iraq war as a "right decision" at the pentagon despite a
high cost as thousands of Americans staged anti-war demonstrations across
the nation to mark the war's fifth anniversary. (Xinhua
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WASHINGTON, March 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W.
Bush defended on Wednesday the Iraq war as a "right decision" despite a high
cost as thousands of Americans staged anti-war demonstrations across the nation
to mark the war's fifth anniversary.
"Removing Saddam Hussein from power was the right
decision, and this is a fight America can and must win," Bush said during a
speech at the Pentagon. Full story
