A US soldier was killed and two were wounded overnight when a bomb was detonated in the Iraqi town of Baquba, northeast of Baghdad, the US army said today.
It said the attack on the soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division happened at around 10 p.m. (1800 GMT) yesterday.
The death brings to 56 the number of US soldiers killed in hostile action in Iraq since US President George W. Bush declared major combat over on May 1.
US troops in Baquba, a restive town in the "Sunni triangle" area, have frequently come under attack since the fall of Saddam Hussein. Late last month three soldiers were killed in an grenade attack on the town's hospital.
The United States says die-hard Saddam loyalists and some foreign fighters are behind the guerrilla campaign.
