Two US soldiers were killed and one was wounded, along with an Iraqi interpreter, in a gunbattle in Baghdad, the US military said today.
It said the soldiers of the 1st Armored Division had been involved in a small-arms firefight in the capital's al-Rashid district at about 11 p.m. (8 p.m. Irish time) on Wednesday.
There was no word on any casualties among the attackers.
It was the latest of a series of ambushes and bomb attacks on occupying forces that has killed 55 US troops since Washington declared major combat over on May 1st.