Special report: Tension escalates in Iraq

    BAGHDAD, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- An American soldier died of wounds sustained from small-arms attack in northern Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.

    The soldier, who assigned to a Multi-National Division-Baghdad, died on Monday at a military hospital after being shot by a small-arms fire while he was conducting a foot patrol in the area, a military statement said.

    The soldier was evacuated to a medical facility but later died due to his fatal wounds, the statement said.

    The name of the deceased soldier is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, it added.

    More than 4,145 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.