6 U.S. troops killed in Iraq violence

Five U.S. soldiers and a Marine were killed in attacks in Baghdad and Iraq's Anbar and Salahuddin provinces, the military said Monday.

One soldier was killed Monday when an explosion went off near his vehicle as he conducted operations in Salahuddin, northwest of Baghdad, the military said in a statement. Two other soldiers were wounded in the blast.

The other deaths took place in separate attacks Sunday. In Baghdad, a U.S.-Iraqi patrol was hit by a roadside bomb in a western district of the capital, then gunmen opened fire, killing one American soldier and wounding two Iraqi policemen.

Another soldier was killed when gunmen attacked his patrol in southern Baghdad, the military said in a statement.

Two soldiers and one Marine assigned to Multi National Force-West were killed while conducting combat operations in Anbar, the military said, without providing further details.

The service-members' names were not released pending notification of their families.

The deaths brought to 3,583 the number of members of the U.S. military who have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,940 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.