Sabotage, attacks hinder U.S. in Iraq

[Emillereid]

I hope this isn't a duplicate -- I've scanned the news items and I can't find it, so here it is:
7 troops hurt; coalition pushes ahead with democracy plans

ASSOCIATED PRESS
BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 8 —  Insurgents dropped a homemade bomb from a bridge onto a passing U.S. military convoy in Baghdad on Tuesday, while another military vehicle struck a land mine in the capital. At least seven U.S. troops were injured in those and other attacks throughout the country, the military said.
       THE U.S.-LED PROVISIONAL authority on Tuesday announced a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest of anyone responsible for the killing of a member of coalition forces or the Iraqi police, part of measures to stem a deepening insurgency that has brought near hourly attacks on U.S. troops.
       Two soldiers were injured in the bridge attack, and two others when the military vehicle struck a land mine, said Sgt. Patrick Compton. In Kirkuk, 175 miles north of the capital, assailants fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a military convoy, injuring three servicemen. The patrol returned fire, but there was no word of Iraqi casualties or arrests.
       In other violence, witnesses said three Iraqis — including a 13-year-old boy — were killed following a grenade attack on a police station in a Baghdad suburb. Witnesses told Associated Press Television News that those killed when troops returned fire were not among those who attacked the police station.
       Late Monday, insurgents fired mortars at a base near Balad, 55 miles north of the capital, the military said. ...

http://www.msnbc.com/news/870749.asp?0si=-

[Mal]

1. Good luck with the reward

You'll need it. The Iraqi civilians are more and more cheering the attacks on Americans, as you lose what little support you had (nothing new there). And without popular support, any cop can tell you how you can have hundreds of eyes watching an incident, and yet no-one sees a thing...