http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=afE_IYJ8ujXg&refer=homeOct. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Six soldiers and four Marines were killed in Iraq in separate attacks, the U.S. Army said in e- mailed statements, making October the bloodiest month in the war since November 2004.
A soldier assigned to Multi-National Division - Baghdad was killed at about 5 p.m. yesterday when the vehicle he was in was hit by a roadside bomb in western Baghdad, the military said in a statement e-mailed from the capital today. Four more divisional soldiers died yesterday in three incidents and four Marines and another soldier died in fighting on Oct. 21.
October is proving to be a bloody month, with at least 81 military personnel killed in action, the highest monthly tally since November 2004, when 126 died. President George W. Bush conferred on Oct. 21 with his top Iraq commanders over strategy after a security clampdown by U.S. and Iraqi troops in Baghdad was met with a surge in sectarian violence.
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