Residents look at a burnt minibus after a suicide bomb attack in Baghdad's Sadr city, December 6, 2006.(Xinhua/AFP Photo) Photo Gallery >>>

Special report: Tension escalates in Iraq 

    BAGHDAD, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Ten U.S. soldiers were killed in four separate incidents in Iraq Wednesday, the U.S. military confirmed.

    Some of the soldiers were killed by roadside bombs and others died in combat, a U.S. military spokesman said, without giving further details.

    Earlier, CNN quoted the U.S. military as saying that ten U.S. troops were killed on Wednesday in Iraq in four incidents.

    Since the U.S.-led war in Iraq broke out in March 2003, more than 2,919 U.S. soldiers have been killed in Iraq, according to latest media count.