Gunmen Kill Iraqi Candidate; 4 U.S. Soldiers Also Are Killed

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › December 14, 2005

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - On the last day of campaigning, a roadside bomb killed four American soldiers Tuesday and gunmen assassinated a candidate for parliament in this week's election. A Shiite politician escaped injury in a bombing south of Baghdad.

Despite the violence, more than 1,000 Sunni clerics issued a religious decree instructing their followers to vote Thursday.

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Gunmen Kill Iraqi Candidate; 4 U.S. Soldiers Also Are Killed

Three of Iraq's leading politicians agreed Tuesday that a speedy withdraw...

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