A US marine and a soldier were killed in separate attacks in Iraq. The marine died when his vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb near the town of Fallujah, 50 kilometres west of Baghdad.
Earlier, the military announced a soldier died in a rocket attack south of Baghdad on Monday.
Meanwhile, five people including three policemen in separate attacks across the country, while a cabinet minister said she escaped an assassination bid, AFP reported.
Kurdish Environment Minister Narmine Othman said she had survived the assassination when gunmen attacked her convoy and wounded three of her guards on Monday in Oudhaim.
