U.S. Special Forces Soldier Killed in Baghdad
Updated 2:30 PM ET June 26, 2003

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One American special forces soldier was killed and eight others wounded on Thursday by hostile fire in southwestern Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

In a statement, the U.S. Central Command did not describe the circumstances under which the American troops came under fire.

It marked the latest in a spate of incidents in which American and British soldiers have been killed in hostilities in postwar Iraq.

U.S. officials have blamed the recent attacks on loyalists to toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.