Two American soldiers were killed in Iraq

The American army said that two of its soldiers were killed in a bomb explosion targeted a military vehicle southern west of the Iraqi capital.

In an earlier statement, the American army said that other four soldiers were killed on Wednesday, three of them were in Baghdad and another in Heit city west of the capital, giving no more details.

In two separate meetings, the American forces in Iraq on Thursday announced the killing of three soldiers because of wounds they had from light weapons fire.

The statement said that two soldiers from the force responsible for protecting Baghdad died because of their wound they had as a result of fire, west of Baghdad, while the other report did not explain any detail on the place and implications of the incident which resulted in killing a third soldier after he was hit by light fire.

The American army also announced the killing of 700 gunmen in less than two months during joint operations with the Iraqi forces in al-Anbar governorate west of the country that started on September 28th. The defense department said that 170 Americans were killed during the same period, 80 of them were in al-Anbar operations.

In another development, three Polish soldiers were injured and one Iraqi child killed in a bomb explosion near a camp for the Polish forces in al-Dewaneyah area south of the capital Baghdad.