Two more US soldiers killed in Iraq

Two American soldiers were killed today in attacks in Baghdad and a nearby town.

In one incident, a soldier was killed and three were wounded in a roadside bombing in Fallujah, 30 miles west of the Iraqi capital.

The dead soldier was from the 3rd Armoured Cavalry Regiment, the military said. It provided no other details.

The second death came in an attack on a military convoy at in Baghdad. The dead soldier was with the 205th Military Intelligence Brigade.

The deaths brought to 281 the number of soldiers killed since the war began on March 20.

Since President George Bush declared major combat over on May 1, 143 US soldiers have died.