By Xinhua
Baghdad : Two American soldiers were killed in two attacks in the Iraqi capital on Sunday, the U.S. military said on Monday.
A soldier assigned to the Multi-National Division-Baghdad was killed by insurgents’ small-arms fire during combat operations in southern Baghdad, a military statement said.
Another soldier was killed in the same day when his vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb during a combat patrol in northern Baghdad, another statement said.
The names of the deceased soldiers are being withheld pending notification of next of kin, both statements said. The latest deaths bring the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq to more than 3,970 since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003,according to media count based on Pentagon figures.