Four US soldiers were killed in combat in Iraq on Monday, the US military said, bringing the US death toll since the invasion to 3,257. Two US soldiers and a Marine were killed in separate attacks in the volatile western Anbar province, the heartland of the Sunni Arab insurgency.
One soldier died and three were wounded when a large truck bomb exploded outside a police station in the disputed northern city of Kirkuk. Two policemen and 10 civilians were also killed.