Post by Salem6 on Jan 17, 2004 11:35:23 GMT
Three US soldiers and two Iraqis have been killed in a bomb attack on a patrol north of the capital Baghdad, the US military says.
Two soldiers were also injured when the roadside bomb exploded at Taji, about 30 km (20 miles) from Baghdad.
Bomb attacks are frequent in post-Saddam Iraq
Initial reports of the incident said a military vehicle was flipped over by the blast and caught fire.
It is the latest in a series of deadly attacks on coalition forces which the US blames on the Iraqi resistance.
The servicemen were taking part in a joint patrol with Iraqi civil defence staff looking for landmines.
"The improvised explosive device detonated by the front Bradley [fighting vehicle] in the patrol, causing the vehicle to catch fire," Lieutenant Colonel William Macdonald of the 4th Infantry division said.
Three Iraqis found to have bomb-making material in their vehicle were arrested in the area shortly after the blast.
The latest deaths inside the "Sunni triangle" - which has seen the fiercest resistance to US-led forces - takes the total of US soldiers killed in Iraq since war began to 499.
Two soldiers were also injured when the roadside bomb exploded at Taji, about 30 km (20 miles) from Baghdad.
Bomb attacks are frequent in post-Saddam Iraq
Initial reports of the incident said a military vehicle was flipped over by the blast and caught fire.
It is the latest in a series of deadly attacks on coalition forces which the US blames on the Iraqi resistance.
The servicemen were taking part in a joint patrol with Iraqi civil defence staff looking for landmines.
"The improvised explosive device detonated by the front Bradley [fighting vehicle] in the patrol, causing the vehicle to catch fire," Lieutenant Colonel William Macdonald of the 4th Infantry division said.
Three Iraqis found to have bomb-making material in their vehicle were arrested in the area shortly after the blast.
The latest deaths inside the "Sunni triangle" - which has seen the fiercest resistance to US-led forces - takes the total of US soldiers killed in Iraq since war began to 499.