5 US soldiers die in Iraq

Published June 16, 2007

BAGHDAD, June 15: Five more US soldiers have died in Iraq, four of them killed by insurgents, the US military announced on Friday, taking its losses to 36 for this month alone.

Three soldiers were killed from wounds received in an explosion near their vehicle in the northern oil hub of Kirkuk on Thursday.

Another soldier died of injuries from small arms fire during security operations the same day in the restive province of Diyala, northeast of Baghdad.—AFP

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