By Xinhua
Baghdad : Four American soldiers were killed and another injured in two attacks throughout Iraq on Monday, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.
Three soldiers died of wounds sustained from an explosion near their vehicle while conducting operations in the northern Nineveh province, the military said in a statement.
The attack also wounded one soldier who was then transported toa U.S. medical facility for treatment, it added.
A fourth soldier was killed in the day during a fighting in western Baghdad, another statement said without elaboration.The soldiers’ names are being withheld pending notification of relatives, the statements added.
The latest deaths bring the number of U.S. soldiers been killed in Iraq to more than 3,690 since the Iraq war broke out in March 2003, according to media count based on Pentagon figures.