Five US soldiers killed in Iraq

BAGHDAD - Insurgents killed five more American soldiers in Iraq, three of them in one explosion, the US military said in a statement obtained Tuesday.
Three Task Force Lightning soldiers died and one more was wounded when insurgents set off a bomb near their vehicle on Monday in the restive northern province of Nineveh, the military said.
The military did not give the specific location of the attack but said the blast occurred when the soldiers were conducting security operations.
A soldier was killed and three more wounded during combat operations in western Baghdad on Tuesday, the military said in a separate statement.
Another soldier was also killed similarly in the same area of Baghdad on Monday, the military added.
The latest fatalities brought the military`s losses in Iraq since the March 2003 invasion to 3,689, according to an AFP count based on Pentagon figures.
At least 34 American soldiers have died in August.

08/14/2007 12:51 GMT