There was a report at 415 AM, Eastern time of a “complex attack” that killed five Americans and wounded seven others, all from the same patrol.

BAGHDAD - Five U.S. soldiers were killed and seven wounded in an attack on their combat patrol in southern Baghdad, the U.S. military said Friday.

The complex attack Thursday began with a roadside bomb, the military said in a statement. Small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades followed shortly after the blast, it said.

All seven wounded soldiers were evacuated to a military hospital, and one has since returned to duty, the military said.

One of the wounded soldiers has reportedly already returned to duty.

A complex attack will use more than one method of attack, in this case a bomb followed by infantry fire. Often the fire will appear in an L-shaped ambush.

That brings the June total to 99 dead Americans, a lower figure than the 126 killed in May, which was the worst month for casualties since November, 2004’s 137 Americans killed in country.