Roadside bomb kills U.S. soldiers

By The Associated Press and Reuters

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BAGHDAD, Iraq — Two U.S. soldiers were killed when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in Iraq yesterday, the U.S. military said.

A statement by U.S. Central Command said another soldier was wounded in the attack on a convoy, near Habbaniyah, west of Baghdad.

The soldiers were from the First Brigade Combat Team of Task Force All American.

On Wednesday, an American soldier was killed and two others were injured when a homemade bomb went off in Baqouba.

None of the soldiers was identified, but all were part of the 652nd Engineering Battalion and based in Baqouba. The latest deaths brings to 556 the number of U.S. service members who have died since the United States launched the Iraq war in March.

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