Five U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq

07/31/2005

Associated Press
July 31, 2005 IRAQ0801

BAGHDAD, Iraq—Five U.S. soldiers were killed by roadside bombs in two separate incidents in Baghdad, the U.S. military said today.
In the first attack Saturday around 1:40 p.m., a patrol hit a roadside bomb in the southern Dora neighborhood, killing a soldier from Task Force Baghdad, a statement said. Two others were wounded in that incident.

Around 11 p.m., four Task Force Baghdad soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb exploded in southwestern Baghdad.

The names of all the soldiers killed are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.