Eight US soldiers killed

BAGHDAD – Eight US soldiers were killed and four wounded yesterday by a car bomb blast near Mahmudiyah, south of Baghdad, a military spokesman said.

“Today at 11h30, coalition forces were operating in the vicinity of Mahmudiyah when they were attacked by a car bomb,” the spokesman said, identifying them as US Army personnel. “Eight soldiers were killed and four wounded.”The soldiers had been moving through the area when the car exploded, he said.The four wounded soldiers were taken to hospital and troops secured the area.No further information was immediately available on the latest of a string of attacks by insurgents which have killed over 120 US troops in April alone, more than during the six weeks of “major combat” with Saddam Hussein’s forces.- Nampa-AFP”Eight soldiers were killed and four wounded.”The soldiers had been moving through the area when the car exploded, he said.The four wounded soldiers were taken to hospital and troops secured the area.No further information was immediately available on the latest of a string of attacks by insurgents which have killed over 120 US troops in April alone, more than during the six weeks of “major combat” with Saddam Hussein’s forces.- Nampa-AFP