Insurgents kill 3 U.S. soldiers in Iraq

By Xinhua

Baghdad : Three U.S. soldiers were killed and two others wounded during a clash in north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Wednesday.

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Three soldiers died from fatal wounds sustained when insurgents attacked their unit with small arms fire during operations on Tuesday in Salahudin Province, a military statement said.

Two more soldiers were also wounded by the attack and were evacuated to a military medical facility, the statement said.

The names of the deceased soldiers are being withheld pending notification of next of kin, it added.

The latest deaths brought the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq to 3,915 since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, according to media count based on Pentagon figures.