US and UK soldiers killed in Iraq, continued clashes

A statement by the American army said that one of its soldier was killed in a bomb explosion on the road between Sameraa and Tikrit, to the north of Baghdad.

Meantime, the Iraqi police said that one British soldier was injured in a bomb explosion placed on the roadside in Tareq area north of al-Basra. A spokesman for the British defense department confirmed this news.

In Baghdad, four Iraqi police members were killed and other five injured in an attack by explosives targeting positions used by the Iraqi police in al-Madayen city south of the capital.

Three civilians were killed and other 9 injured in a booby trapped car explosion on Sunday evening near al-Mustafa restaurant on the western bank of Tigris river in al-Kazemeyah quarters.

Meantime, the Iraqi Islamic Party announced it found the body of one of its leaders kidnapped on August 13 and his family received a request for a ransom in order to release him.

A statement for the party said that Amer Abdul Jabbar was the official for Raghiba Khatoum for the party and member of the municipal council in al-Azameyah in the center of Baghdad.