Three soldiers killed in Iraq violence

By The Associated Press

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BAGHDAD, Iraq — Two U.S. soldiers were killed by small-arms fire at a checkpoint in Baghdad, the U.S. command said yesterday.

The soldiers, who were not identified, were killed Sunday at a traffic-control point jointly staffed with Iraqi security forces, the military said in a statement.

A third soldier was killed by a roadside bomb that hit a U.S. convoy in Baghdad last night, the military said.

As of yesterday, 1,058 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 803 died in hostile action and 255 of nonhostile causes.

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