Roadside bomb kills 4 US soldiers, interpreter

BAGHDAD, May 18 (Reuters) Four US soldiers and their Iraqi interpreter were killed on Thursday when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb northwest of Baghdad, the US military said in a statement.

The statement issued by the 4th Infantry Division that patrols the Iraqi capital did not give further details.

The United States has around 133,000 troops in Iraq, suffering daily casualties in insurgent and other attacks three years after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. More than 2,400 US soldiers have died in Iraq since the 2003 invasion.

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