Two US soldiers killed in Iraq

Two US soldiers died in separate attacks in Iraq, the United States military said in Baghdad today.

One soldier, from the 42nd Military Police Brigade, was wounded and died when his convoy was hit by an explosive device near Taji, 12 miles north of Baghdad today.

The other died of injuries he sustained when a coalition military base was attacked by indirect fire on Friday near Tikrit, 80 miles north of Baghdad.

As of Friday, at least 1,549 members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.