Baghdad, Oct 4, SPA -- One US soldier was killed on Friday in thenorthern city of Amara, while two Iraqi policemen were killed inMosul, reported dpa. A US soldier was killed when a bomb went off near his patrol southof Amara city, the US military said on Friday. The soldier, who was killed on Thursday, was the first US militarydeath in Iraq this month, according to the Voices of Iraq (VOI) newsagency. The number of US soldiers killed in Iraq since the March 2003 US-led invasion rose to 4,177. The September toll was 25. The number hitan all-time low in July with 13 killed. Two policemen were killed and another wounded when a roadside bombwent off near their patrol in central Mosul city, 400 kilometresnorth of the capital, a local police source said. The blast took place when the patrol arrived at the area toexamine a policeman's house that had been the target of an earlierbomb attack, the source said. In another incident, US troops captured one wanted man anddetained 17 suspects during operations to hunt down the al-Qaeda inIraq terrorist network.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/595175