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US death toll hits 96 in Iraq: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 09, 2003
 Ninety-six US military personnel have been killed and 155 injured since the war on Iraq began March 20, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

Of those, 81 were killed either in "friendly fire" incidents or in fighting with the Iraqi forces of President Saddam Hussein, a Pentagon spokesman said.

Fifteen others were killed in accidents, including two killed in a grenade attack by a renegade US soldier at a camp in Kuwait.

In addition, seven US troops are being held as prisoners of war.

Ten others are reported missing in action, including two airmen whose F-15E jet fighter went down over Iraq on Sunday.

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