Special report: Tension escalates in Iraq

    BAGHDAD, March 24 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. soldier was killed in south of Baghdad on Friday, a U.S. military statement said on Saturday.

    A soldier assigned to Multi-National Division-Baghdad was killed by a roadside bomb while his unit and Iraqi security forces were conducting a foot patrol to quell violence in the area, the statement said.

    More than 3,230 U.S. soldiers have been killed in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003, according to media count based on Pentagon figures.