Six more US soldiers killed in Iraq

Another six US soldiers have been killed in a series of incidents in Baghdad and western Iraq, the US military says.

One soldier was killed in south-west Baghdad when his patrol came under fire, and two others were shot dead in separate attacks in the north of the capital, all on Monday.

A soldier died on Sunday night of wounds inflicted by a roadside bomb west of the city, the military said.

Two marines from Regimental Combat Team 7, which operates in the western reaches of the Euphrates valley in Iraq's Al-Anbar province, died from injuries received during fighting, one on Sunday and one on Saturday.

Late on Monday, the military reported the death of another soldier whose unit had come under fire in Baghdad.

The latest fatalities bring the number of US military casualties in Iraq since the March 2003 invasion to 2,718, according to an AFP count based on Pentagon figures.

- AFP