Five US soldiers die in Iraq

Five US soldiers died in Iraq, the US military announced today.

Five US soldiers died in Iraq, the US military announced today.

Three were killed yesterday in Kirkuk province, in northern Iraq, when a bomb exploded near their vehicle, the military said in a statement. Another soldier was wounded in the explosion.

A fourth soldier was killed by small arms fire the same day in Diyala province, north-east of Baghdad.

The fifth soldier died on Wednesday in a non-combat related incident that the military said it was investigating.

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