Three American soldiers were killed today and eight others wounded after a roadside bomb attack took place today in the town of Tarmiyah, approximately 20 miles north of Baghdad.

According to Lieutenant Colonel Clifford Kent, a spokesman for the Army's Third Infantry Division, a roadside bomb exploded while the soldiers were on foot patrol.

An eyewitness to the attack, Waleed Nahed told the Associated Press, 'I was heading to our house... there was a group of American soldiers walking in the road while around five Humvees were parking behind them. I heard a very loud explosion and I saw bodies flying.

American and Iraqi troops have sealed off the road as they investigate the attack.