Fighting in Iraq, two American soldiers killed

The American army in Iraq on Friday announced that two of its soldiers were killed in a bomb explosion targeting their vehicle in Baghdad and thereby number of American soldiers killed since the invasion increased to 2163 soldiers.

Also ten Iraqi soldiers were killed and other 17 injured in the attack which was launched by gunmen at an inspection point in al-Azeem area on the main road between Baghdad and Karkouk.

Ten Iraqis were also killed and other four injured when a suicide bomber detonated himself before a crowd of worshippers in Rose town near Baqouba north of Baghdad while they were entering the mosque for Friday's prayers. Also in Baqpouba the police found the bodies of three civilians, having traces of bullets, with their hands and feet tightened.

In Basra to the south, a bomb exploded near a fuel station in the center of the city targeting a British military vehicle. No casualties were reported.