Saturday 05 March 2005, 10:15 Makka Time, 7:15 GMT
Al-Jazeera announces that four US soldiers were killed in the al-Anbar province. Another soldier lost his life in an accident near Tikrit.
The military statement announced, "Four Soldiers assigned to First Marine Expeditionary Force were killed in action March 4, while conducting security and stability operations in Anbar province," further details were not available.
The other announcement said that a soldier died and another was wounded in an vehicle accident near Tikrit (north of tha capital) at 10 p.m (1900 GMT), also on Friday.
Five Iraqi soldiers were instead killed on Saturday night when their base of Duluiya was attacked by mortar shells, according to an Iraqi official.
Il Romanaccio at 11:29 AM