Three U S airmen killed by Baghdad car bomb

BAGHDAD, Jan 7 (Reuters) Three U S airmen working for a bomb disposal team were killed by a car bomb in Baghdad today, the U S military said. Another airman was wounded in the blast.

Earlier today the U S military reported the deaths of two soldiers -- one killed by small arms fire in Baghdad yesterday, the second killed in combat on Friday in Iraq's western Anbar province.

More than 3,000 U S servicemen and women have died in Iraq since the start of the March 2003 invasion.

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