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Three American Soldiers Killed in Iraq

Three U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq

A spokesman for the 101st Airborne Division said two soldiers were shot dead in their vehicle in the center of Mosul. But several Iraqi witnesses said the soldiers were stabbed and had their throats slit in broad daylight.

Locals then stole items from the dead soldiers' pockets, and smashed the windows of their white civilian car. One man was seen brandishing bloodstained Iraqi dinars he said were taken from the bodies.

"People were taking things from the car. I looked inside and saw two soldiers with blood all over them," said a local fireman who ran to the scene after hearing gunshots.

Another soldier was killed by a roadside bomb 40 miles north of Baghdad