US army reports 3 soldiers killed in Iraq

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Three US soldiers were killed and six others were wounded Saturday in separate attacks in Baghdad and southwest of the capital, the military said. A roadside bomb killed one US soldier and wounded two while they were on a foot patrol southwest of Baghdad, the military said. Another soldier died and three were wounded when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb, followed by small-arms fire in southwestern Baghdad, the military said separately. A combat security patrol also was attacked by small-arms fire, killing a soldier and wounding another in an eastern section of the capital, the military said.