LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: An American soldier was killed by a homemade bomb in Iraq today, and that brings the number of troops killed since the end of major combat, May 1st, to 139, and that number is higher than those who died in the war itself. CNN's Ben Wedeman now on duty today in Baghdad. He checks in. Hello, Ben.</s>BEN WEDEMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, Leon, that soldier was from the 3rd Corps Support Command. He was killed by what the military describes as an explosive -- an improvised explosive device, which was placed next to their convoy, which was driving northwest of Baghdad. As you mentioned, that brings to 139, the number of U.S. servicemen killed in Iraq since May 1st. That's when President Bush declared an end to all major combat operations in Iraq. Now 61 of those 139 servicemen were killed in hostile actions. The rest died as a result of illnesses and accidents. Now elsewhere in Iraq, U.S. troops conducted another raid, this time around the Iraqi town of</s>HARRIS: Ben Wedeman in Baghdad, thank you very much. Be careful there, Ben. See you soon.
American Soldier Killed by Homemade Bomb