Sofia eventually meets Todd Jackson, a former official of the U.S. State Department who recently lost his wife and children in separate terrorist bombings.

In a separate bombing in the capital, another American soldier was killed.

At least 19 Iraqi civilians were killed Thursday in three separate bombings in Baghdad.

North of the capital in Baquba, five policemen were killed in two separate bombings, a police official said.

Two soldiers were killed in separate bombings in Diyala Province.

Both men had fingers blown off in separate bombings in 1993.

Near Tikrit, two American soldiers were killed in separate bombings near their vehicles, American military officials said.

A separate bombing in the city killed 2 children.

The day before, 12 people died in two separate bombings elsewhere in Mogadishu.

West of Baghdad, the American military reported that two marines had been killed in separate bombings by insurgents using explosive devices.