The US military on Friday said two US troops were killed in Iraq. In a statement, the US military said one soldier was killed and another wounded in a roadside bomb attack in Al-Mansur district of Baghdad early Friday.
On Thursday, a US Marine was killed as "a result of enemy action" in the Al-Anbar province west of Baghdad, the statement added.
Elsewhere, three persons were killed when a bomb they were planting went off prematurely in northern Iraq on Friday, police said. The three men were planting the bomb at the entrance to a town hall in Riyadh, some 25 kilometers west of Kirkuk when it exploded, killing them instantly, police Col. Iyad al-Jabouri said.
Meanwhile, at weekly prayers on Friday, an Iraqi cleric condemned the mutilation of four dead American contractors in Fallujah. Sheikh Fawzi Nameq addressed 600 worshippers gathered at the Hamood al-Mahmood Mosque.
"Islam does not condone the mutilation of the bodies of the dead," the cleric said.
"Why do you want to bring destruction to our city? Why do you want to bring humiliation to the faithful? My brothers, wisdom is required here," said Nameq.
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