Insurgents kill three U.S. soldiers in Iraq

By Xinhua

Baghdad : Three American soldiers were killed and two others wounded by insurgents’ small arms fire in north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Thursday.

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The attack occurred when the soldiers were conducting operations in Salahudin province on Wednesday, a military statement said. Both wounded soldiers were transported to a military medical facility for treatment, 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 about 3,925 since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, accordingto media count based on Pentagon figures.