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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Baghdad (ANTARA News) - Eight US soldiers were killed in separate attacks in Iraq on Monday in one of the deadliest days for the US military in several months.
In one attack, insurgents killed three US soldiers and their translator in Iraq's restive province of Diyala where a massive American and Iraqi military sweep has been targeting Al-Qaeda militants for several months.
The military said another soldier was also wounded in the blast.
The Diyala attack that took place on Monday was announced by the military on Tuesday.
On Monday however the military said five US soldiers were killed and three wounded in a suicide attack earlier in the day in the once upscale neighbourhood of Mansur in Baghdad.
The Baghdad attack was the deadliest on American troops in two months.
"Five US soldiers were killed today when their dismounted patrol was struck by a suicide bomber. Three US soldiers and an Iraqi interpreter were wounded as well," military spokesman Lieutenant Michael Street said on Monday.
A separate US military statement said one of the five soldiers died of wounds received from the attack that occurred at around 3:00 pm (1200 GMT).
The latest deaths bring the US military's death toll since the March 2003 invasion to 3,983, according to an AFP tally based on independent website www.icasualties.org.
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