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Seven U.S. soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in northwest Baghdad and two Marines were killed in western Iraq on Thursday, the deadliest day for American forces since a suicide attack on a U.S. base last month.
The bombing came as Iraq extended a state of emergency by 30 days to battle militants whose attacks have surged before this month's elections. The prime minister warned that the number of assaults would rise as voting day draws closer.See the full content of this document
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Seven U.S. Soldiers, 2 Marines Die in Attacks
Just three weeks before the Jan. 30 elections, the commander of U.S. ground forces in Iraq acknowledged that security is poor in four of 18 Iraqi provinces. But Lt. Gen...
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