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Four US soldiers have been killed in roadside bombings in Iraq, three of them in an attack in northern Iraq and another in the capital Baghdad. | Four US soldiers have been killed in roadside bombings in Iraq, three of them in an attack in northern Iraq and another in the capital Baghdad. |
US military officials did not give the exact location of the attacks and said next of kin were still being notified. | US military officials did not give the exact location of the attacks and said next of kin were still being notified. |
At the end of June, US-led multi-national forces withdrew from Iraqi urban areas, leaving responsibility in the hands of the Iraqi police and army. | At the end of June, US-led multi-national forces withdrew from Iraqi urban areas, leaving responsibility in the hands of the Iraqi police and army. |
About 4,340 US troops have been killed in Iraq since the 2003 US-led invasion. | About 4,340 US troops have been killed in Iraq since the 2003 US-led invasion. |
Earlier in the day, Iraqi police said a roadside bomb in the northern town of Amirli, south of Kirkuk, killed the local police chief and at least four of his colleagues. | |
There was also a bomb attack targeting a senior Iraqi medical official in eastern Baghdad, which left one minister of health employee dead. | |
No details are available about the bombing which killed the three soldiers on Tuesday. The fourth soldier was on patrol in southern Baghdad when he was killed, the army said. | |
On Monday, at least 14 Iraqis died in bomb attacks in cities across the country. | |
Iraq has seen an increase in violence since the US-led pull-back in July. | |
Casualty figures are still well below the worst levels of 2006 and 2007, when more than 2,000 Iraqi civilians were being killed in civil strife and by anti-US insurgents every month. |