2 US soldiers killed in Baghdad roadside bomb

[sabra]

Source: AP

BAGHDAD (AP) — A roadside bomb killed two American soldiers patrolling eastern Baghdad on Thursday, the U.S. military said, announcing the first combat deaths in the capital in a week.

With security vastly improved in Baghdad since the U.S. troop buildup last year, the number of American soldiers killed on the streets of the Iraqi capital has declined sharply.

The casualties were the first suffered by the American military in the capital since Aug. 28 when a soldier was killed in a roadside bombing. Another soldier died Tuesday in Baghdad of non-hostile causes, the military said.

The latest deaths brought to at least 4,153 the number of U.S. military members who have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

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[bluestateguy]

1. Surge working update

Despicable.

[stillcool]

2. it never ends..

doesn't seem to matter anymore. We had 2 soldiers die recently from the same town. Gone and forgotten.

[alcibiades_mystery]

3. Welcome to the Desert of the Real...

...

[saigon68]

4. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

[llmart]

5. The surge is working......

the surge is working, the surge is working. Repeat after me. Remember, Democrats need to apologize for saying the surge didn't work.

Despicable.

[DCofVA]

6. This is so very sad

:-(