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US Iraq death toll hits 600
03/04/2004 10:09 - (SA)
Washington - The US death toll in Iraq hit the 600 mark on Friday with the killings of two more US soldiers in separate attacks over the past 24 hours, according to official casualty figures.
The two latest deaths were to be added to the Pentagon's official toll of dead since US forces invaded Iraq over a year ago, a Pentagon official said.
The toll includes 408 deaths from hostile fire and 192 from causes unrelated to combat, ranging from traffic accidents to suicides.
Well over half the combat deaths - 293 - have been inflicted since May 1 when US President George W Bush declared an end to major combat operations.
In the latest incidents, a soldier was killed and another wounded early on Friday in a roadside bombing in Baghdad's Al-Mansur district and a marine was killed in the restive Al-Anbar province west of Baghdad, the US Central Command said.
The Pentagon meanwhile identified five soldiers killed on Wednesday when their armoured personnel carrier was hit by an improvised explosive device in Habbaniyah, Iraq.
The soldiers were assigned to the US Armys 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division in Fort Riley, Kansas.
- SAPA
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