U.S. Civilian, Soldiers Killed

Mon February 16, 2004 07:12 AM ET

By Ghaith Abdul Ahad

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen ambushed an American religious group in Iraq, killing one person and wounding three, the U.S. military said in Baghdad Monday.

Taken to a local hospital after last week's attack, the unidentified party was found only Saturday by a patrol of U.S. paratroopers, the military spokesman said on a day when two soldiers were also killed in separate roadside bomb attacks.

With the U.S. death toll still rising beyond 500 since the invasion 11 months ago and a presidential election looming in November, President Bush is sticking to a target of June 30 for handing charge of the country back to Iraqis.

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