Four U.S. servicemen killed in July

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Four U.S. soldiers were killed in July 2010, three of them died in non-combat related incidents, while the fourth one was killed in a bomb explosion. “One American was killed and 26 were wounded in acts of violence in Iraq,” according to a U.S. army statement. “A United States Division – North Soldier died in Diala province on Wednesday (July 21) when the Soldier’s vehicle was attacked with an improvised explosive device,” the U.S. army had said. “Two soldier died in a non-combat incident on July 2,” the army said in another statement. The deaths has brought the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003 to 4,413, including 43 in 2010. Eight U.S. soldiers were killed in June 2010, only two of them in military operations while the others were said to have died in non-combat incidents. Six American soldiers were killed in May, eight in April, seven in March, five in February and five in January. Some 486 U.S. soldiers were killed in 2003, 849 in 2004, 846 in 2005, 822 in 2006 and a record high of 904 in 2007. The toll went down dramatically in 2008 to reach 314. Still, November 2004, the month that saw fierce clashes between U.S. forces and gunmen in the restive city of Falluja, Anbar province, is the month with the highest U.S. deaths: 137. SH (P) 2