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The insurgency has been getting steadily weaker in a military sense for quite a while.
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CNN report :
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October 24, 2005
Four American contractors were killed in an attack north of Baghdad on September 20, the U.S. military said Sunday. Another two Americans were injured in the attack near Duluiya, said a spokesman for Task Force Liberty, 42nd Infantry Division. U.S. contractor KBR, a subsidiary of Halliburton Co., said three of its employees were killed that day, said Halliburton spokeswoman Cathy Mann.
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...But please stay tuned for some happy news about the Iraqi referendum. "Mission Accomplished!"