BAGHDAD - Three more US soldiers have been killed in Iraq, the military announced Friday, as an increased pace in combat operations kept the average rate of American deaths at three per day so far this month.In the bloodiest incident, one soldier was killed and nine were wounded by an explosion that detonated by their patrol Thursday while they were ‘conducting combat operations’ in Diyala Province north of Baghdad. Two of the wounded were able to return to duty, a statement said, while the others are receiving treatment.
One soldier was shot dead ‘while conducting combat security operations’ in south Baghdad. Another, from the military police, died of his wounds after being hit by gunfire in Diwaniyah, south of the capital.