Empat tentara Amerika tewas dalam pemboman pinggir jalan Ahad saat mereka melakukan patroli di provinsi yang dilanda pergolakan, Diyala, di mana kepala komandan AS mengatakan, bahwa pasukannya tengah bertempur dengan Al-Qaeda, Sunni, Syi'ah dan bahkan para pembangkang suku Kurdi.
Four of the Americans were killed in a roadside bombing on Sunday gainst their patrol in the troubled province of Diyala, where the chief US commander has said his troops are battling Al-Qaeda, Sunni, Shiite and even Kurdish renegades.