BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct 8, SPA -- An American soldier has been killed in fighting northwest of Baghdad, the U.S. command said Sunday. The soldier was killed Saturday when insurgents attacked his patrol with small-arms fire, the military said. Further details on the incident were not available and the name of the soldier was being withheld pending notification of next of kin, the Associated Press reported.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/394803