Media: AFP
Byline: N/A
Date: 17 August 2006

BAGHDAD, Aug 17, 2006 (AFP) - Insurgents have killed two more US soldiers in
fighting in Iraq, the US military announced Thursday.

The first was fatally wounded in a battle in in western Iraq's Al-Anbar
province, coalition headquarters said.

The second was patrolling on foot south of Baghdad when an improvised bomb
exploded and killed him.

Neither dead soldier will be identified until their relatives have been
informed.

The latest deaths brought the US military's losses in Iraq since the March
2003 invasion to 2,606, according to an AFP count based on Pentagon figures.

Rest In Peace lads.