5 American soldiers killed near Baghdad 6 minutes ago

5 American soldiers killed near Baghdad 6 minutes ago



BAGHDAD - The U.S. military said Sunday that five American soldiers were killed south of Baghdad, including four in a single roadside bombing.

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The four soldiers were killed and four others were wounded Saturday by a blast that struck during combat operations, the military said.

Another soldier was killed Saturday by small-arms fire during a foot patrol southeast of Baghdad, the military said separately.

All the soldiers were assigned to Task Force Marne, which operates in an area with a volatile mix of Sunni and Shiite extremists.

Names of the soldiers were withheld pending notification of relatives.

The deaths raised to at least 3,690 members of the U.S. military have died since the Iraq war started in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.