Five US soldiers killed in Iraq
Apr 17, 2007 - 1:52:39 PM
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Names of the soldiers are being withheld pending notification of next-of-kin and release by the US Department of Defence, the statements said.
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By Xinhua,
[RxPG] Baghdad, April 17 - Five US soldiers were killed and six injured in insurgent attacks in Baghdad and western Iraq, the US military said Tuesday.
A soldier assigned to Multi-National Division - Baghdad was killed and two others injured along with their Iraqi interpreter when a sophisticated armoured-piercing roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in southern Baghdad Monday, the US military said in a statement.
'The unit was conducting a combat security patrol at the time of the attack,' it said.
The explosively formed projectiles, or EFPs, were allegedly come from Iran, according to US officials, who previously accused the neighbouring country of providing Iraqi Shiite militias with weapons and parts for such bombs.
A second soldier assigned to the same unit was killed and one more wounded when a roadside bomb went off near their vehicle while conducting a security patrol in southern Baghdad Monday, the military said in another statement.
Another soldier was killed and one more injured when insurgents attacked their vehicle with small arms fire while conducting combat security patrol in the capital Monday, the military said in a statement.
Two soldiers were killed and two others injured when their M-1114 vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in the restive city of Fallujah, 50 km west of Baghdad, Saturday, according to a separate statement.
Names of the soldiers are being withheld pending notification of next-of-kin and release by the US Department of Defence, the statements said.
About 3,310 US soldiers have been killed in Iraq since the US-led invasion in March 2003, according to media count based on Pentagon figures
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