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Thirteen US troops killed in Iraq | |
(about 9 hours later) | |
Thirteen US troops were killed in violence across Iraq over the weekend, the US military has said. | |
Four troops were killed when the helicopter they were travelling in crashed in Anbar province. About 150 Iraqis also died in the past two days. | |
Almost 2,900 US troops have now died in Iraq since the 2003 invasion. | Almost 2,900 US troops have now died in Iraq since the 2003 invasion. |
The news came as US President George W Bush prepared to meet influential Iraqi Shia leader Abdel Aziz al-Hakim at the White House. | |
Four US troops died on Sunday when a marine helicopter carrying 16 people made an emergency landing on a lake near Haditha in Anbar province, the US military said. | |
"The incident does not appear to be a result of enemy action and is currently under investigation," the military said. | |
The US military said one soldier died in Baghdad and two north of the capital on Sunday. | The US military said one soldier died in Baghdad and two north of the capital on Sunday. |
On Saturday, one was killed north of Baghdad and five in Anbar. | |
On Sunday, the military also declared killed in action the pilot of an F-16 fighter that crashed in Anbar last Monday. | On Sunday, the military also declared killed in action the pilot of an F-16 fighter that crashed in Anbar last Monday. |
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