Baghdad, May 2, SPA -- THREE ROADSIDE BOMBS KILLED A U.S.ARMY SOLDIER AND TWO IRAQI CIVILIANS, AND POLICE FOUND THE BODIES OF FOUR IRAQI MEN IN BAGHDAD WHO APPARENTLY HAD BEEN KIDNAPPED AND TORTURED, POLICE SAID TUESDAY. THE AMERICAN CASUALTY OCCURRED ABOUT 9:50 P.M. MONDAY, APPROXIMATELY 60 KILOMETERS (40 MILES) SOUTH OF BAGHDAD. THE BOMBING RAISED TO AT LEAST 2,406 THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE U.S. MILITARY WHO HAVE DIED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE IRAQ WAR IN MARCH 2003, ACCORDING TO AN ASSOCIATED PRESS COUNT. IT WAS THE FIRST REPORTED U.S. FATALITY IN MAY. IN APRIL,70 AMERICAN SERVICEMEN DIED IN IRAQ, THE HIGHEST MONTHLY FIGURE SINCE NOVEMBER, WHEN 84 U.S. SERVICEMEN WERE KILLED. --SPA 1322 Local Time 1022 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/357814
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