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Various Media Outlets | 3/17/06

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Members of the 69th Infantry await the start of the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade Friday, March 17, 2006 in New York. The 69th Infantry, a New York National Guard Unit, recently returned from a year-long tour of duty in Iraq where they lost 19 members. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)


Sgt. Armando Torres, left, of Ridge, N.Y., and Spc. Philip Aubrey, of Middletown, Conn., wave back to people in office buildings as they stand with their unit, the Fighting 69th Infantry, before the start of the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade Friday, March 17, 2006, in New York. The Fighting 69th Infantry, a New York National Guard Unit, recently returned from a year-long tour of duty in Iraq where they lost 19 members. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

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A U.S. Army soldier pulls security from the back of a U.S. aircraft at Brassfield-Mora, Iraq, in support of Operation Swarmer March 16, 2006. Soldiers from the Iraqi Army's 1st Brigade, 4th Division and the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team are taking part in the combined air assault operation to clear the area northeast of Samarra of suspected insurgents. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Shawn Hussong)

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Two US soldiers killed, one wounded in Iraq attack

18 Mar 2006 - 05:27:06 GMT

Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, March 18 (Reuters) - Two U.S. soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division were killed and another wounded in an attack northwest of Tikrit on March 16, the U.S. military said in a statement on Saturday.

It said the soldiers were killed and wounded in an "indirect fire attack" on Contingency Operating Base Speicher, which is northwest of ousted former President Saddam Hussein's hometown.

The wounded soldier is being treated in a local military medical facility. The names of all the soldiers are being withheld pending notification of next of kin," the military said.

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