Three Iraqis, four American soldiers killed in Iraq

The US army announced on Friday that four of its soldiers were killed on Friday in two separate attacks in al-Anbar governorate, west Iraq.

In a statement, the American army said that three of its soldiers were killed in a bomb explosion targeting their vehicle in al-Naser and al-Salaam ( victory and peace) area, west of Baghdad. The statement added that the soldiers were able to kill two gunmen in a clash that followed the explosions and detained four suspects to be involved in the attack.

In another attack, another American soldier was skilled near Hait city "by indirect fire" an idiom used often to describe attacks by mortars or missiles. By this attack, the number of persons killed in the American army in Iraq tolled 19 soldiers during last week.

Earlier, in the day, three Iraqi soldiers were killed and other four injured in an attack launched by gunmen against a bus carrying them in al-Taji area, north of Baghdad. In Beiji, 200 km to the north, one soldier was killed and other three injured in an ambush targeting their vehicle and the Iraqi army forces was able to arrest one of the attackers in a fire exchange followed the ambush.

Two Iraqis were also killed in two separate attacks in Dahouk city north of Iraq and in Balad Rose, north of Baghdad.