13/06/2009 The US occupation Army said on Saturday that a US soldier has been killed by a bomb during "combat related operations". The occupation soldier died on Friday, a statement said without providing further details.
 
The occupation army is only weeks away from a June 30 deadline to leave cities and major towns ahead of a complete withdrawal from Iraq by the end of 2011, as part of a security accord signed between Baghdad and Washington. The deaths bring to 4,312 the number of US occupation troops killed since the 2003 US-led invasion, according to an AFP count based on the independent website icasualties.org.