Seven US soldiers and their Iraqi translator were wounded by a bomb in the northern Iraqi town of Al-Sharqat, a US army spokesman said on Monday.
The soldiers were on their way to their vehicles after meeting district officials in the town, about 300 kilometres (190 miles) north of Baghdad, when the bomb exploded at around 1:00 pm on Sunday.
They were transported to a nearby US military medical facility, the spokesman said.
US troops pulled back from Iraq's cities, towns and villages on June 30 as part of a landmark security accord between Baghdad and Washington that calls for the withdrawal of all American forces by the end of 2011.
Some American soldiers have, however, remained in Iraqi cities as trainers or advisors.
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