Gunmen kill nearly 20 Iraqi, foreign troops(over the past 24 hours)

[maddezmom]

Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, April 5 (Reuters) - Gunmen have killed nearly 20 Iraqi, British and American soldiers in the past 24 hours, officials said on Thursday, underscoring how deadly the country remains four years after the U.S.-led invasion.

The attacks took place in Baghdad, near the northern city of Mosul and the southern oil hub of Basra.

Four British soldiers and an interpreter were killed by a roadside bomb that destroyed their armoured fighting vehicle when they were ambushed on the outskirts of Basra, a British military spokesman said.

"The unit was involved in an operation elsewhere. As they were on they way back from the operation it was targeted by a roadside bomb in conjunction with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades," he said.

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[Turbineguy]

1. The surge is working!

as soon as they run out of bullets we will have beat them!

[xchrom]

2. lol -- with surges like this --

who needs a war?

[Jack Rabbit]

3. And the regime's apologists say . . .

. . . it's a positive sign. See, the surge is working.