1 U.S. soldier killed, 4 injured

By The Associated Press

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BAGHDAD, Iraq — The U.S. military said today that one U.S. soldier was killed and four others wounded in a rocket attack on a coalition base northwest of Baghdad.

The military did not name the soldier who died in the attack yesterday afternoon but said the attack involved soldiers from Task Force Baghdad, a unit responsible for security in the capital.

Including the most recent death, 796 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq in March 2003, according to the Department of Defense. Of those, 580 died as a result of hostile action and 215 died of nonhostile causes.

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 657 U.S. soldiers have died.

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