US Military Says 5 Troops Killed in Iraq; British Military Cites 1 Death
    The Associated Press

    Sunday 07 January 2007

    Baghdad, Iraq - Three U.S. airmen and two soldiers were killed in Iraq, the U.S. military said Sunday.

    A car bomb in Baghdad on Sunday killed three airmen assigned to the 447th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron's Explosive Ordnance Division, the military said in a statement. One airman was also injured in the explosion.

    Also Sunday, Britain's defense ministry said a British soldier assigned to the Queen's Royal Lancers was killed in a traffic accident in Maysan province. Two other soldiers sustained minor injuries, the ministry said in a statement.

    A U.S. soldier died Saturday from small arms fire in a southwestern section of Baghdad, the military said. Another American soldier died Friday from combat wounds sustained in Iraq's volatile western Anbar province.

    All names were withheld pending family notification.