Bomb kills 2 U.S. soldiers in Iraq

BAGHDAD – A roadside bomb killed two American soldiers patrolling eastern Baghdad on Thursday, the U.S. military said, announcing the first combat deaths in the capital in a week.

With security vastly improved in Baghdad since the U.S. troop buildup last year, the number of American soldiers killed on the streets of the Iraqi capital has declined sharply.
The latest deaths brought the number of U.S. military members who have died in the Iraq war to at least 4,153 since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.