Meanwhile: U.S. Death Toll in Iraq Worst in a Year
U.S. Death Toll in Iraq Worst in a Year
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated Press Writer
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - The number of American troops killed in Iraq in October reached the highest monthly total in a year Thursday after four Marines and a sailor died of wounds suffered while fighting in the same Sunni insurgent stronghold.
The U.S. military said 96 U.S. troops have died so far in October, the most in one month since October 2005, when the same number was killed. The highest monthly death toll prior to that came in January 2005, when 107 U.S. troops were killed.
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