A British soldier climbs out of a burning armored vehicle Monday.
"Nine Americans, including five troops, have been killed by bombs in Iraq during the past two days, U.S. officials in Baghdad said Tuesday.
Four troops, assigned to the 2nd Marine Division, were killed Monday in Ramadi, the U.S. military said. The deaths bring to 1,904 the number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq.
A soldier with the 18th Military Police Brigade died Tuesday when his vehicle was struck by a bomb about 75 miles north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
A State Department employee and three security contractors were killed Monday by a suicide car bomber in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, a U.S. official in Baghdad said".
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