Nine more US soldiers killed in Iraq

BAGHDAD - Nine more US soldiers have been killed in fighting in Iraq, the US military said Sunday, reporting casualties from incidents over the previous two days.
The latest casualties brought US losses for the month to 91, making April one of the bloodiest for the coalition in the four years since its invasion, and total fatalities in the campiagn to 3,344.
"Three Task Force Marne soldiers were killed and one was wounded when their patrol was struck by a roadside bomb southeast of Baghdad today," the US command in Baghdad announced in a statement.
Another Task Force Marne soldier was killed in a similar incident on the same day. The US army unit patrols a violent belt of small towns immediately south of Baghdad.
"Three soldiers and two marines assigned to Multinational Force West were killed on April 27 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar Province," another statement said.
Anbar province in western Iraq is a hotbed of Sunni insurgents.

04/28/2007 20:51 GMT