BAGHDAD, Iraq — Five U.S. soldiers were killed in attacks Saturday, the U.S. military said yesterday.

In the first attack, a patrol hit a roadside bomb in the southern Dora neighborhood, killing a soldier from Task Force Baghdad, a statement said.

Two others were wounded in that incident.

Later, four Task Force Baghdad soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb exploded in southwestern Baghdad.

The names of all the soldiers killed are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

As of yesterday, at least 1,794 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 1,382 died as a result of hostile action. The figures include five military civilians.