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US troops killed in Iraq bombings US troops killed in Iraq bombings
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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.