Three US troops die in attack
2005-04-29 20:34
Baghdad - Three US soldiers were killed and two others wounded in two separate car bomb attacks on Friday, the military said.
Two US soldiers were killed when a car bomb went off near Diyarah, in the deadly Anbar province west of Baghdad, a statement said.
Another US soldier was killed in a separate bombing around 12:30pm (0830 GMT) on Friday near Taji, about 30km north of Baghdad.
Two other soldiers wounded in the same attack were taken to a hospital at a nearby US base.
The military gave no further details.
The deaths brought to 1 568 the number of US soldiers who have died in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, according to an AFP tally based on Pentagon figures.
- AFP