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AP, Baghdad

At least 7 person including US soldier were killed in different incidents in Iraq.

The U.S. military says a U.S. soldier has been killed in a roadside bombing north of Baghdad.

A statement says two other soldiers were wounded in the blast in Salahuddin province. The identities of the soldiers have been withheld pending notification of relatives.

AFP adds: Six people, including two policemen, were killed and 16 were wounded on Monday in a suicide bombing targeting a US-backed militia north of Baghdad, police said.

The bomber rode a motorcycle laden with explosives into the compound of Saeed Jassem al-Mashadani who heads an "Awakening Council" in the town of Tarmiya, 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of the capital, a police official said.