Iraq Bombings Leave 3 U.S. Soldiers Dead

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By MATT MOORE, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Roadside bombs have claimed more American lives, killing three U.S. soldiers in separate attacks in Baghdad and Sunni Muslim areas to the north of the capital. At least six soldiers were wounded in the attacks, one critically.

In the biggest attack, one soldier from Task Force Iron Horse was killed and four were wounded in a roadside bombing in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad. One of the wounded was critically injured and the other three were in guarded condition, the military said.

A soldier from Task Force Olympia was killed and another wounded by a bomb Monday evening in Tall Afar in northern Iraq. A soldier from the 1st Armored Division died and another was wounded in a bombing Monday in central Baghdad.

The latest deaths brought to 541 the number of Americans who have died since President Bush launched the Iraq war on March 20. Most of the casualties have occurred since Bush declared an end to active combat May 1.

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