The Associated Press is reporting that a suicide bomber has killed five U.S. soldiers in Baghdad - the deadliest attack since late January.
A suicide bomber killed five American soldiers on a foot patrol Monday after detonating his explosives vest in central Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
It was the deadliest attack on American forces in Iraq since a Jan. 28 roadside bombing and ambush killed five soldiers in Mosul in northern Iraq.
Military spokesman Maj. Mark Cheedle said that "it was reported to us as a suicide bomber."
The number of U.S. casualties in Iraq is approaching 4,000. The icasualties.org website has U.S. Iraq death toll at 3980. U.S. deaths are down considerably from figures about six months ago.
