US Army reports death of another soldier

KUN0021 4 GEN 0130 KUWAIT /KUNA-JLL6 MIL-LD IRAQ-US US Army reports death of another soldier BAGHDAD, Dec 5 (KUNA) -- A US soldier was killed and five others were wounded in an armed attack northwest of the Iraqi capital, the US Army said in a statement released on Tuesday. The statement said armed insurgents, on Monday, attacked a US military patrol killing one soldier and wounding five others. Earlier, the army said a US soldier was killed on Monday in a non-combat accident bringing the December death toll of US soldiers to 18. The statement said the soldier's vehicle had overturned near a military base north of Baghdad. The US Army reported, on Monday, death of four of its soldiers in a helicopter crash in Al-Anbar province, western Iraq, due to technical failure. (end) ahh.ema.rk KUNA 051142 Dec 06NNNN