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US forces recorded their lowest monthly death toll in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, officials said on Sunday as Baghdad also reported a big drop in Iraqi deaths and Australia prepared to withdraw its troops.
Nineteen American soldiers were killed in May, the lowest death toll since the US-led invasion, the US military said as the government reported an almost 50 percent reduction in the number of Iraqi fatalities.
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Coalition partner Australia on Sunday began withdrawing its 550-strong contingent from two southern provinces in line with an election pledge by new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to bring back the country’s troops by mid-2008.
The US military said it was temporarily assuming the work of the Australian troops in an area where security duties had been transferred to Iraqi security forces.
There had been a decline in attacks in the south of Iraq after heavy fighting in Basra in March when security forces clashed with Shiite militiamen.
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