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Four U.S. troops killed by roadside bomb - military

Posted on: Thursday, 18 August 2005, 05:20 CDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Four U.S. troops were killed in a roadside bomb blast north of Baghdad on Thursday, the U.S. military said in a statement.

The soldiers, from a unit based in Tikrit, were killed in the town of Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad, the statement said. No further details were provided.

More than 60 U.S. troops have died in Iraq this month, including 14 killed by a powerful roadside bomb that hit an armored Marine transport vehicle near Haditha, west of Baghdad.

Since the start of the war in March 2003, more than 1,850 U.S. troops have died in Iraq.

Roadside bombs have been the biggest killers of U.S. forces, being responsible for more than a third of combat deaths, according to the U.S. military.

In recent months, U.S. officials say insurgents have developed more powerful bombs, similar to "shaped charges," which concentrate the blast in a small area and make it possible to penetrate armor plating.

Source: REUTERS

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