Two US soldiers killed, one wounded in Iraq attack

BAGHDAD, Mar 18 (Reuters) Two US soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division were killed and another wounded in an attack northwest of Tikrit on March 16, the US military said in a statement today.

It said the soldiers were killed and wounded in an ''indirect fire attack'' on Contingency Operating Base Speicher, which is northwest of ousted former President Saddam Hussein's hometown.

The wounded soldier is being treated in a local military medical facility. The names of all the soldiers are being withheld pending notification of next of kin,'' the military said.

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