Two American soldiers were killed Thursday in separate attacks in Baghdad, military officials said. At least one other soldier was injured when a U.S. vehicle hit an explosive in part of the city believed to have been cleared of land mines.
In one incident, an unidentified Iraqi walked up to a soldier on a bridge and opened fire with a pistol, apparently at close range, according to senior U.S. Army officers in Baghdad who had heard reports of the shooting.
According to AP, the officers said the slain soldier belonged to the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment.
In a separate attack, a U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division soldier was killed Thursday when a sniper shot him in the head in east Baghdad, said Capt. Tom Bryant, spokesman for the Army's V Corps, which is based at Baghdad's airport.
Also Thursday, an American Humvee hit a "probable land mine" while crossing a median in a road near Baghdad's airport, Bryant said. At least one U.S. soldier was injured in that incident.
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