Militant group takes 6 civilians hostage in Iraq

Latest killing brings U.S. military deaths to 901

Wednesday, July 21, 2004 Posted: 6:42 PM EDT (2242 GMT)

Meanwhile north of Baghdad, a U.S. soldier was killed by a roadside bomb while on patrol early Wednesday, according to a 1st Infantry Division spokesman, bringing the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq to 901.

The latest death came when the 1st Infantry Division soldier's Bradley fighting vehicle was hit around midnight in the city of Duluiyah, Master Sgt. Robert Powell said. The soldier was the fifth U.S. military member to be killed in the past 24 hours.

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901 American soldiers have died in Iraq in pursuit of weapons of mass destruction that did not exist.