American soldier mans a 50 caliber machine gun as security for a fuel tanker convoy on the road from Tikrit to Sommara in Iraq. 3 US soldiers were killed and 13 injured in a mortar attack and a bombing in the volatile region of central Iraq. Photo by AP
Three American soldiers were killed and 13 injured in a mortar attack and a bombing in the volatile region of central Iraq, the U.S. military reported Sunday. The deaths followed an assassination attempt against a member of Iraq's Governing Council. Earlier in the day it was announced that another 2 US officers were killed on Saturday in an attack on the Abu Ghraib prison west of Baghdad.