Three US soldiers killed in separate Iraq attacks

One US soldier was killed and two were wounded when their convoy was hit by an explosive device in the town of Baquba just north…

One US soldier was killed and two were wounded when their convoy was hit by an explosive device in the town of Baquba just north of Baghdad this morning.

Earlier today, attackers slit the throats of two US soldiers as their vehicle was stopped in traffic in the centre of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.

The attacks brings to 185 the number of USsoldiers killed in Iraq since Washington declared an end to major combat in the

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