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Sniper kills U.S. soldier in Tikrit
 SALAH AL-DIN / Aswat al-Iraq: A sniper killed a U.S. soldier in central Tikrit on Tuesday, raising the U.S. fatalities in August to four soldiers, a source from the Salah al-Din police department said.The incident occurred during the visit of the U.S. command in Salah el-Din to the police station in central Tikrit on the occasion of the end of U.S. combat troops mission in Iraq, the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. The death has brought to 4417 the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003, including 47 in 2010. Posted by: Steve White 2010-09-01 |
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