Two U.S. soldiers were killed and one injured by insurgent small arms fire in two attacks in the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, the U.S. military said on Thursday.

A Multi-National Division - Baghdad was killed when his convoy was attacked by small arms fire while conducting a presence patrol in an eastern section of Baghdad, the U.S. military said in a statement.

A second soldier from the same unit was killed and another wounded by small arms fire while conducting a foot patrol in the southern outskirts of Baghdad, another statement said.

About 3,260 U.S. soldiers have been killed in Iraq since the U. S.-led invasion in March 2003, according to media count based on Pentagon figures.

Source: Xinhua