Explosion rocks Baghdad bus; 2 American soldiers killed in separate attacks

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2005-09-23-iraq_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA

BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated hidden explosives on a small bus in Baghdad on Friday, killing at least five people, and two American soldiers died in separate attacks, authorities said.

One of the Americans died in a roadside bombing between the cities of Fallujah and Ramadi, while the other was killed by small arms fire in Ramadi, the U.S. military said.

The deaths raised to 1,912 the number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq since the war began in 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

President Bush, briefed at the Pentagon on Thursday, acknowledged the loss of American lives and said, "We'll honor their sacrifice by completing the mission and winning the war on terrorism."

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1. remember continued and escalated attacks are just more proof that

we are winning, according to *hole.

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2. The Iraqis are becoming desperate n/t