Three US soldiers killed in Iraq-military

BAGHDAD, Feb 9 (Reuters) Three US soldiers died of wounds sustained in combat in the western Anbar province, the US military said today.

''Three soldiers assigned to Multi-National Force-West were killed yesterday from wounds sustained while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar Province,'' it said in a statement.

The deaths bring to at least 14 the number of US servicemen killed in Iraq in the past three days.

Anbar province, a Sunni Arab insurgency stronghold, is the deadliest place for US troops in Iraq.

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