Three U.S. soldiers killed, 31 injured in Baghdad strikes

U.S. soldiers prepare to board a helicopter in Mussayab, a predominately Shi'ite neighbourhood 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad April 2, 2008. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz

U.S. soldiers prepare to board a helicopter in Mussayab, a predominately Shi'ite neighbourhood 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad April 2, 2008.

Credit: Reuters/Ceerwan Aziz

BAGHDAD | Sun Apr 6, 2008 4:52pm EDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three U.S. soldiers were killed and 31 others were injured in two attacks with rockets or mortar bombs in Baghdad on Sunday, a U.S. military official said.

One of the strikes, on the heavily fortified Green Zone government and diplomatic compound, killed two U.S. soldiers and wounded 17. The other attack, at a U.S. base elsewhere in the Iraqi capital, killed one soldier and wounded 14, the official said.

He was not able to say whether the attacks used rockets or mortars, both of which are frequently fired by militants at U.S. positions in Iraq.
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