2 US soldiers killed in Iraq

Published December 21, 2006

BAGHDAD, Dec 20: Two US soldiers were killed and six wounded in two bomb attacks in Baghdad on Wednesday, according to the military, as Defence Secretary Robert Gates visited the Iraqi capital. In one incident a patrol was hit by a booby trap as it investigated a previous explosion southwest of the city. “As a result of the explosion, four soldiers were wounded and one soldier was killed,” a statement said.—AFP