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Roadside bomb kills three U.S. soldiers in Iraq


    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed three U.S. soldiers and an interpreter in the Iraqi province of Diyala, the U.S. military said on Tuesday, a day after a suicide bomber killed five U.S. soldiers in Baghdad.

    The attack occurred on Monday, the military said in astatement.

    Ethnically and religiously mixed Diyala is one of fourprovinces north of Baghdad where U.S. and Iraqi forces havelaunched offensives this year after al Qaeda militantsregrouped in the north.

    The deaths took to 3,982 the number of U.S. troops killedin Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003. Ten soldiershave been killed this month, compared to 81 in the whole ofMarch 2007.

    (Reporting by Mohammed Abbas)