BAGHDAD, April 3 (Reuters) - Three U.S. soldiers were killed in combat in Iraq on Monday, the U.S. military said on Tuesday, bringing the U.S. death toll since the March 2003 invasion to 3,256.

One of the soldiers was killed and three were wounded when a large truck bomb exploded outside a police station in the northern city of Kirkuk. Two Iraqi policemen and 10 civilians were also killed.

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