94 U.S. Soldiers Lost In Iraq in October

The US military has announced the death of another soldier in Iraq bringining October's losses to 94, the fourth biggest of the conflict, after a car bomb killed at least 20 people in the normally quiet southern city of Basra.

The death of the soldier in a roadside bombing near the Sunni Arab insurgent stronghold of Fallujah Monday brought the overall toll since the 2003 invasion to at least 2,022, according to an AFP tally.

Monday evening's car bomb in Basra ripped through a market packed with shoppers ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr later this week, security sources.

"Twenty people, mostly civilians, were killed and 45 wounded in the car bomb attack," an interior ministry source said, citing police reports from the main southern city.