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AFP, Baghdad

A US soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in southern Iraq as the country celebrated the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday which ended the fasting month of Ramadan, the US military said on Friday.

The incident occurred on Octobre 2 in the Iraqi city of Amara, where US soldiers continue to provide logistical support to the Iraqi army since a June crackdown against Shiite militias and insurgents. Meanwhile, twin suicide bombings near Shiite mosques in Iraq's capital killed 20 people on Thursday as worshippers celebrated Eid al-Fitr, which ends the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, officials said.

Another six people were shot dead in an ambush north of Baghdad drawing condemnation from the United Nations.

Security officials said a suicide bomber blew himself up as he was being frisked outside the Al-Rassol mosque in Jadida, a Shiite district of southern Baghdad, killing 12 people and wounding 30.