The Cost Of Peace

"A U.S. soldier was killed and another was wounded in a hit-and-run shooting Wednesday in central Baghdad, the latest in a wave of attacks and ambushes targeting U.S. forces in Iraq. Earlier, U.S. forces fired into a crowd of Iraqi protesters outside the headquarters of the U.S.-led administration in the capital, killing two people.

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"Attacks and accidents have killed about 50 U.S. troops � including about a dozen from hostile fire � since major combat was officially declared over May 1." -- MSNBC.com, June 18