And meanwhile back in Iraq

Deadly day in Iraq claims 9 U.S. troops

BAGHDAD -- A roadside bomb killed seven U.S. soldiers in northwest Baghdad, and two Marines were killed in western Iraq on Thursday, the deadliest day for U.S. forces since a suicide attack on a U.S. base last month.
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Thursday's toll was the highest for the U.S. military in Iraq since a suicide bombing at a mess tent in Mosul on Dec. 21 killed 22 people, including 14 U.S. soldiers and three American contractors.

The latest deaths brought the number of U.S. troops killed since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003 to 1,350, according to an Associated Press count.

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