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The Pentagon said Staff Sergeant George Alexander, 34, had died on Saturday of injuries sustained eight days ago when a roadside bomb set by insurgents blew up near his vehicle in the town of Samarra.
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In the Iraq war, which began in March 2003, more than 15,000 U.S. troops also have been wounded in action.
Casualties among Iraqis have been far higher, first in the invasion and then the insurgency that elections and October 15’s constitution referendum have failed to calm.