7 Iraqis, two American soldiers killed in Iraq

The US army said that its operations in west Iraq ended by the killing 18 rebels. Earlier the American army announced the killing of four gunmen but it is not known if the new calculation include them.

The American army, on the other hand, announced that two of its soldiers were killed in clashes in al-Ratba, which is close to the borders with Jordan and Syria, adding that four gunmen were killed in the same clash.

In Ramadi, medical sources said that the deputy of the governor of al-Anbar, Taleb al-Duleimi, was killed on Tuesday along with one of his guards, in an ambush implanted by unidentified men in Ramadi city, 110 km northwest of Baghdad.

The attacks on Tuesday also resulted in claiming the life of seven Iraqis including Ayed Abdul Ghani one of the main consultants for the Arab Sunni minister of Industry, Osama Abdul Aziz al-Najafi, while he was driving his car heading for his office in the new Baghdad area.

The police announced it found the bodies of 6 Iraqis tightened. They were kidnapped in three various areas of Baghdad.