Eight US soldiers killed in Iraq

FE Team | Published: March 12, 2008 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

BAGHDAD, Mar 11 (AFP): Eight US soldiers were killed in separate attacks in Iraq, according to the US military.
The attacks all occurred Monday, making it 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 Monday was announced by the military Tuesday.
On Monday, 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 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).