Four U.S. troops killed by roadside bomb - military

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BAGHDAD, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Four U.S. troops were killed in a roadside bomb blast north of Baghdad on Thursday, the U.S. military said in a statement.

The soldiers, from a unit based in Tikrit, were killed in the town of Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad, the statement said. No further details were provided.

More than 60 U.S. troops have died in Iraq this month, including 14 killed by a powerful roadside bomb that hit an armoured Marine transport vehicle near Haditha, west of Baghdad.

Since the start of the war in March 2003, more than 1,850 U.S. troops have died in Iraq.