2 U.S. Troops, 3 Iraqis Killed in Attacks

By VIJAY JOSHI, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two American soldiers and three Iraqis were killed in separate bomb attacks Saturday, a day after two U.N. security experts arrived in the capital to study the possible return of the world body's international staff.

The American soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb that struck their convoy near Fallujah, a city 50 miles west of Baghdad in an area that has been a center of anti-American resistance. The latest deaths brought to 509 the number of American service members who have died since the United States and its allies launched the Iraq war March 20.

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509 American sons and daughters have died in pursuit of weapons of mass destruction that did not exist.