U.S. soldier killed in Iraq

Team Infidel

Forum Spin Doctor
Media: Xinhua
Byline: n/a
Date: 14 October 2006

BAGHDAD -- An American soldier was killed on Thursday when a roadside bomb
hit his vehicle in northern Iraq, the military reported on Saturday.

"A Task Force Lightning Soldier from the 105th Engineer Group was killed
Thursday as a result of an improvised explosive device while conducting
vehicle operations in northern Iraq," the military said in a statement.

The name of the soldier is being withheld pending notification of next of
kin, it added.

Over 2,740 U.S. soldiers have been killed in Iraq since the U.S. -led
invasion in March 2003, according to media count.
 
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