| | My Life and Times: 01/23/2005 - 01/29/2005 |
 | | In the second, 18 soldiers died when two helicopters dodging insurgent fire from the ground collided over the northern city of Mosul.A blast in a mess tent in Mosul late last year killed 18 Americans and 4 others; 14 of the Americans were members of the military. |
 | | That came on March 23, 2003, when 29 American troops were killed during the early days of the invasion of Iraq. |
 | | Today, two car bomb attacks on American military convoys took place on the road leading to the Baghdad International Airport, a frequent target of rebel strikes.Four soldiers were wounded in the first attack, at about 10:25 a.m., the military said. |
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