Five U.S. troops killed in Iraq
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Iraqi police said they killed an al Qaeda in Iraq leader on Saturday in the northern city of Samarra, a day after five U.S. soldiers were killed in two explosions elsewhere.
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Seven U.S. troops have been killed in Iraq, including four in the western province of Anbar, where gains in security were hailed this week by U.S. President George W. Bush during an unannounced visit to the desert region.
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Four U.S. soldiers and one Marine were killed in various attacks in Iraq on Sunday, the U.S. military said on Monday.
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At least five Iraqis die as insurgents target US forces in central Iraq, reports say.
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Five Western soldiers, including three Americans, were killed in a string of Taliban attacks in eastern and southern Afghanistan, officials said on Monday.
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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- An American commander said Thursday that 18 US troops and five Iraqi government soldiers have been killed since the assault began on Fallujah, Iraq.
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Four American soldiers were killed yesterday in Iraq, the U.S. military announced today.
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Roadside bombers killed seven U.S. troops Saturday, four of them in a single blast near Baghdad, and an eighth soldier died of a non-combat cause &#151; raising to 25 the number of American soldiers killed this week.
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Ten American soldiers were killed in four incidents in Iraq on Wednesday, a U.S. military spokesman said, as a report from an elite panel recommended the United States begin to withdraw forces from combat.
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The number of U.S. troops killed in  action in Iraq hit 1,000 Tuesday when the military said a  soldier had been shot dead on patrol in Baghdad.
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A roadside bomb killed a U.S. soldier  and wounded five others in Baghdad on Saturday, the U.S.  military said.
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Five American soldiers were killed in roadside bombings in Iraq on Friday as some parts of Baghdad witness an increase in attacks, the U.S. military said on Saturday.
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Five US soldiers are killed when their patrol is hit by a roadside bomb in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
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Three more U.S. troops died in fighting this week, the military said Friday, raising to 54 the number of Americans killed in Iraq in December &#151; nearly half of them in Anbar.
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Six U.S. soldiers were killed in five separate attacks across Iraq on Saturday, the U.S. military said on Sunday, days after it recorded its deadliest monthly toll in more than two years.
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A roadside bomb killed five U.S. soldiers on patrol in Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Friday, bringing this month's death toll for American forces in Iraq to 100.
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Four U.S. Marines were killed in action  in Iraq on Friday in three attacks west of Baghdad, the  American military said on Saturday.