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Blast kills six U.S. soldiers north of Baghdad
06 Mar 2007 06:56:10 GMT
Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, March 6 (Reuters) - Six U.S. soldiers were killed by a blast north of Baghdad on Monday, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.

Three other soldiers were wounded, the military said in a statement.
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A veiled Shi'ite pilgrim takes part in a procession during the Arbain religious ceremony in Kerbala, 110 km (70 miles) south of Baghdad, March 8, 2007. More than a million Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims poured into Iraq 's holy city of Kerbala to mark Arbain, the end of a 40-day mourning period since Ashura, which marks the death of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein in 680AD.