Two U.S. soldiers killed, 11 injured in Iraq

By Xinhua

Baghdad : Two American soldiers were killed and 11 others wounded in two incidents throughout Iraq, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.


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A soldier assigned to Multi National Division-Baghdad was killed and ten others wounded while conducting combat operations in the Iraqi capital on Sunday, the military said in a brief statement.

Two Iraqi soldiers, an interpreter and a local citizen were also injured during the incident, it said.

A second U.S. soldier was killed and another injured in a non-battle related cause in the Qadisiya province, south of Baghdad, the military said in a separate statement without providing further details, but it said that the incident was under investigation.

The wounded soldiers were transported to army medical facilitates for treatment and further evaluation, according to the statements.

The soldiers’ names are being withheld pending notification of next of kin, the statements added.

The latest deaths bring the number of U.S. soldiers who have been killed in Iraq to more than 3,805 since the outbreak of the Iraqi war in 2003, according to media count based on Pentagon figures.

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