Two US occupation soldiers have been killed in central Iraq

Two US occupation soldiers have been killed in central Iraq, in a day that left more than a dozen Iraqis dead and more than 80 others wounded in and around Baghdad.

"Two US service members were killed Sunday while conducting operations in central Iraq," AFP quoted the American statement as saying, without giving any further details about the incident or the soldiers.

Meanwhile, an Iraqi interior ministry official said two US soldiers were killed and three others wounded when the convoy they were in was struck by a roadside bomb in the capital's western outskirts.

Earlier on Sunday, more than a dozen bomb attacks in and around Baghdad martyred at least 19 Iraqis and left more than 80 other people wounded. The deadliest attack saw 12 people killed and 23 wounded in a bombing in the town of Taji, 25 kilometers north of the capital, according to an Iraqi interior ministry official.