Two US troopers died in Iraq
The American soldiers have dies in an operation in southern Iraq, despite the United States claim that it is not involved in combat operations in the country anymore. "Two US service members were killed yesterday (Friday) while conducting operations in southern Iraq," the forces said without giving further details, Xinhua reported. The deaths took to 4,450 the number of the American forces killed ever since 2003, when Washington led the invasion of the violence-wrecked country. Last year alone, militancy in Iraq claimed the lives of 60 US troops.