Special report: Tension accelerates in Iraq

    BAGHDAD, July 10 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. military said on Saturday that a U.S. soldier was killed and another wounded Thursday when a roadside bomb struck their vehicle north of Baghdad.

    The attack took place at about 9:50 p.m. (1750 GMT) on Thursday when a U.S. military convoy was conducting a combat logistic operation near Balad town, 80 km north of Baghdad, the military said in a statement.

    The latest death brought to more than 2,525 the number of U.S. military personnel killed in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003. Enditem