Four American soldiers were killed in separate incidents in Iraq, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.
Two soldiers assigned to Multi-National Division-Baghdad were killed by a rocket propelled grenade attack at about 6 p.m. (1500 GMT) Monday, a brief military statement said without specifying the location of the incident.
A third soldier was killed when a roadside bomb explosion followed by small arms fire attack on his vehicle while patrolling an eastern Baghdad area Monday, another statement said.
A fourth soldier died as a result of wounds sustained from a roadside bomb explosion while conducting convoy operations in the volatile province of Diyala, northeast of Baghdad, on Sunday, a statement said.
It was the second U.S. soldier announced dead in Diyala province, as an earlier statement announced the death of another soldier in the same attack.
The names of the deceased soldiers are being withheld pending notification of the next of kin, the statements added.
The latest deaths bring the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq to some 4,023 since the Iraq war broke out in 2003, according to media count based on Pentagon figures.
Source:Xinhua
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