A US soldier from the 82nd Airborne Division was killed in a bomb attack today near the Iraqi town of Khaldiya in the hostile "Sunni triangle" area west of Baghdad, a US military spokeswoman said.
The attack brought to 118 the number of US soldiers killed in action since Washington declared major combat in Iraq over on May 1.
During the war in Iraq in March and April, 114 US soldiers were killed in combat, according to Pentagon figures.
The spokeswoman said a 1st Armored Division patrol was also attacked with grenades this morning in a market in Abu Ghraib, on the western outskirts of Baghdad.
She said two soldiers were wounded, and the attack sparked fighting and demonstrations in the area which lasted for much of the day.
She had no information on reports that some Iraqi civilians had been killed during the unrest.