SHAMIYAH WATER - U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Robert Halstead surveys the river that will supply water to a treatment facility in Shamiyah, near Diwaniyah, Iraq, Feb. 11, 2009. Halstead is assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. The soldiers of the unit assessed the progress of several construction projects in Diwaniyah. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Eric Harris3 US Soldiers, Interpreter Killed In Iraq -- Yahoo News/AP
BAGHDAD – Three U.S. soldiers and an interpreter were killed Monday during fighting north of Baghdad, the military announced.
The combat took place in Diyala province, an area northeast of Baghdad that remains volatile despite an overall drop in violence nationwide.
The statement did not provide more details.
The attack came two weeks after a suicide car bomber struck a U.S. patrol in the northern city of Mosul, killing four American soldiers and an Iraqi interpreter in the deadliest single attack against U.S. forces in nine months.
At least 4,250 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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