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<< Previous   of   Next >> Associated Press  (click to enlarge) The sons and wife of a slain Iraqi army soldier mourn over his body Tuesday in Najaf, Iraq. The soldier was killed in Baghdad's Sadr City slum. Four Americans, including two soldiers, were also killed in violence Tuesday in Sadr City. Later Tuesday, three more U.S. soldiers were killed in Nineveh province.   ADVERTISEMENT   U.S. military death The latest identification reported by the U.S. military of personnel killed in Iraq: Army Staff Sgt. Du Hai Tran, 30, Reseda, Calif.; died Friday in Baquba when an explosive detonated near his unit; assigned to the Fires Squadron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.   CONTACT THE HERALD Do you have a news tip? newstips@heraldnet.com | 425.339.3400   Published: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 Iraq bombs kill seven Americans Associated Press BAGHDAD -- Late Tuesday, the U.S. military said three American soldiers and an interpreter were killed in a bombing in Nineveh province in the north. No other details were immediately available. Earlier in the day, a bomb exploded inside Sadr City's district council building, killing 10 people, including four Americans working to restore local government and services in the former Shiite militia stronghold. Iraqi officials said it appeared to be an inside job, and suspicion fell on the headquarters' Shiite guard force. Two of the U.S. dead were soldiers, as was one of the wounded, the military said. U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Mirembe Nantongo said the dead American civilians included one State Department and one Defense Department employee. The State Department identified one of the slain Americans as Steven L. Farley of Guthrie, Okla. The explosion occurred a day after a suspected Sunni gunman opened fire on U.S. soldiers attending a municipal council meeting southeast of Baghdad, killing two American troops and wounding three others. U.S. troops captured a suspect who was trying to flee the scene, the military said, claiming he tested positive for explosives residue. An initial investigation indicated the explosion was an inside job and that the bomb was likely planted Monday to avoid the tightened security that accompanies the weekly Tuesday meetings, an Interior Ministry official said.

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