In Iraq, a U.S. soldier was killed during an operation in the southern province of Basra on Sunday. A U.S. military statement, without giving further details, said an American soldier was killed in Basra province while conducting operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. According to media account based on Pentagon figures, the latest death brings the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq to 4,417, since the breakout of the U.S.-led war on Iraq in 2003.