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[Rick Faurot]

U.S. deaths in Iraq near 1,000
Clashes erupt in Baghdad's Sadr City
Tuesday, September 7, 2004 Posted: 9:37 AM EDT (1337 GMT)

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Twelve U.S. troops have been killed in Iraq since Monday in six combat incidents, U.S. military officials said, bringing the number of American deaths in the war to 998.