Seven American soldiers and a translator were killed in separate attacks in Baghdad and a city south of the capital, the U.S. military announced Sunday. Six of the Americans _ and the translator _ died Saturday in a bombing in western Baghdad, The Associated Press quoted the military as saying. A soldier from the 13th Sustainment Command was killed and two were wounded when a blast struck their vehicle Saturday near Diwaniyah, a mostly Shiite city 130 kilometers (80 miles) south of Baghdad, the command said. The names of the victims were mot announced until their families can be notified.
