IRAQ AN ALL OUT BLOODBATH
58 U.S. TROOPS KILLED IN 16 DAYS
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two near simultaneous car bombs killed 20 people and wounded 17 in a mixed neighborhood in northern Baghdad on Monday, an Interior Ministry source said, bringing the death toll from a four-day rampage of sectarian fighting to at least 111.
One of the blasts in Ur district went off near a market, police said. The attacks took place at sunset shortly before Iftar, when Muslims break their fasting during the holy month of Ramadan, Reuters reported.
Meanwhile, five soldiers and two Marines were killed in fighting Sunday, bringing to 14 the number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq over the past three days. A total of 58 U.S. troops have been killed in the first two weeks of October.
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