Other attacks around the country killed at least 12 Iraqis.
This criminal policy has already killed more than a million Iraqis.
The soldiers returned fire and killed two Iraqis on the spot, military officials said.
Instead, he said, the insurgents have turned to killing other Iraqis.
In the last six months, such bombings have killed or injured 4,000 Iraqis.
The Americans said they had killed 58 Iraqis; local hospital officials put the number dead at 8.
Later, bomb attacks in three areas of the capital killed six Iraqis and wounded 39, police said.
The soldiers shot back, killing two Iraqis and wounding one.
Violence around the country on Monday killed at least 11 Iraqis.
But all we are doing there is killing Iraqis and our own good men and women.