Two other roadside bombs went off near police patrols in neighborhoods on opposite sides of the city -- the Ghazaliya neighborhood in western Baghdad and the Zayuna district on the city 's east side . The soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in western Baghdad on Monday . Separately , three soldiers died when a car bomb went off in the city 's center . Attacks came as U.S. Vice President - elect Al Smith met with Iraq 's president . U.S. military says two troops have died as a result of non - combat - related injuries .
The soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in western Baghdad on Monday . Separately , three soldiers died when a car bomb went off in the city 's center . Attacks came as U.S. Vice President - elect Al Smith met with Iraq 's president . U.S. military says two troops have died as a result of non - combat - related injuries .