Suicide bomber kills soldier, 4 Iraqis

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Suicide bomber kills soldier, 4 Iraqis
The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday Aug 10, 2008 11:48:09 EDT

BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber targeted U.S.-Iraqi forces north of Baghdad on Sunday, killing an American soldier and four Iraqi civilians, the military said.

The bomber struck as the troops were responding to a roadside bomb that had wounded an Iraqi civilian in Tarmiyah, a Sunni town 30 miles north of Baghdad, the military said.

Two American soldiers and their interpreter also were wounded, it said.

Witnesses interviewed by the soldiers said the roadside bomb was planted by two young men wearing ski masks, said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, a spokesman for U.S. forces in Baghdad.

“The suicide bomber struck after the U.S. soldiers responded,” Stover said, adding that Iraqi police and members of U.S.-allied Sunni groups also were at the scene.


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