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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Friday, stopping in the mostly Sunni Arab town of Mosul to urge Iraqis to participate in upcoming elections. Three U.S. troops were reported killed in combat operations. Two U.S. soldiers died after being hit by small-arms fire Thursday during combat operations in Khaldiyah, 75 miles west of Baghdad, the military said. The soldiers were members of an army unit assigned to the 2nd Marine Division, operating in western Iraq. Full Story