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Report: U.S. Left Large Weapons Depot Unguarded in Iraq

HeadlineMar 23, 2007

A newly declassified U.S. government report has revealed that half of the U.S. deaths in Iraq have been caused by explosives seized from old Iraqi military depots that have been left largely unguarded since the fall of Saddam Hussein. Over 3,200 U.S. soldiers have died since the war began four years ago.

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