Sunday 13 March 2005, 12:56 Makka Time, 9:56 GMT
(Al-Jazeera)-Two American contractors were killed and another one wounded in a blast south of Baghdad.
Us embassy spokesman Bob Callahan explained, "It happened around 2pm (1100 GMT) on the road to al-Hilla. Two Blackwater employees were killed by an improvised explosive device."
The two contractors died were employees of the Blackwater security firm wich helps US officials in Iraq.
Meanwhile another US soldier lost his lilfe in a gun battle in the north of Iraq.
As reported by the military statement the soldier, a member of the Task Force Freedom, was killed in Mosul, on Saturday.
US military sent a notice to the family of the deceased, "The Soldiers of Task Force Freedom send their condolences to the family of the deceased."
Il Romanaccio at 11:33 AM