WAR: U.S. soldier, security workers killed near Mosul

A US soldier was killed on saturday after a roadside bomb attack on a convoy south of Qarrayah. Two other soldiers were injured to a nearby hospital. Also two international security workers were killed in a separate attack in the area. [update] - 2 US soldiers now reported dead after the attack.

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The soldier died from injuries after an improvised explosive device attack on a convoy south of Qarrayah, about 9 a.m.

Two other soldiers were injured and were taken to a hospital in Mosul. Several vehicles were damaged.

Two international security workers were also killed Saturday in a separate attack in the area.

Saturday marks the anniversary of President Bush's speech declaring the end of major combat operations in Iraq.

U.S. soldier, security workers killed near Mosul

[Edited on 1-5-2004 by Ocelot]

FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) — Insurgents killed a U.S. soldier and two civilian contractors in northern Iraq and attacked a U.S. convoy Saturday in Baghdad, as scores of people took to the streets of Fallujah to celebrate a deal to end a monthlong siege of the city.

The soldier was killed in a roadside bomb attack on his convoy Saturday near the town of Qarraya, 45 miles south of Mosul, the military said. A second soldier died Saturday of wounds suffered in a Friday roadside bombing in the same area. The latest deaths brought to 140 the number of U.S. service members who have died since the current wave of violence began in early April.

2 U.S. troops, 2 contractors die in Iraq