Six American soldiers killed in Iraq

The US army said in two separate statements that six of its soldiers were killed in al- Ramadi city and near al-Falluja on Saturday.

A statement by the American army said that five of the soldiers in the second contingent and the second squad of the American marine forces were killed during clashes with armed members when one explosive went off in their vehicle in Ramadi.

Another statement added that one soldier from the second contingent in the marines forces died because of wounds he had during clashes with gunmen when one bomb went off in his vehicle in al-Saqlaweyah, west of Falluja.

Thereby, the number of American soldiers killed in Iraq increased ro 1966 since the invasion of this country in March 2003, according to figures of the US defense department.

On the other hand, the American army on Sunday announced the detention of what it described the media campaign official in al-Qaida organization west of Iraq during acts of breaking in took place In September.

The army explained that the coalition forces broke into a place suspected to be a secure haven for gunmen where Ali Yasser Khuder Muhammad Jasem al-Karabli, known as Abu Dajjanah, was arrested on September 25th.

In London, the British defense office announced that a high ranking investigator in the British army was found dead in a British base in Basra, south Iraq.