5 soldiers killed in Sunday attacks

[unhappycamper]

5 soldiers killed in Sunday attacks
By Kim Gamel - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Apr 7, 2008 8:03:24 EDT

BAGHDAD — Rockets or mortars slammed into the U.S.-protected Green Zone and a military base elsewhere in Baghdad on Sunday, killing three American soldiers and wounding 31, an official said.

The attacks occurred as U.S. and Iraqi forces battled Shiite militants in Sadr City in some of the fiercest fighting since radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered a cease-fire a week ago. At least 16 Iraqi civilians were killed in the fighting, according to hospital officials.

A military official said two U.S. troops died and 17 were wounded in the attack on the Green Zone, which houses the U.S. Embassy and the Iraqi government headquarters in central Baghdad.

Another American service member was killed and 14 were wounded in the attack on a base in the southeastern Baghdad area of Rustamiyah, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to release the information.

Separately, The U.S. military has reported two more American soldiers killed by separate roadside bombs in Iraq.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/04/ap_iraqattacks_040608/



uhc comment: To date, four thousand twenty soldiers have been killed in the invasion and occupation of Iraq --> http://icasualties.org/oif/

[babylonsister]

1. I had heard about three; this seems to be escalating.

RIP, soldiers. :cry:

[fed-up]

2. total is now SEVEN U.S. dead on Sunday

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fed-up (1000+ posts) Mon Apr-07-08 06:26 AM
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Iraq's Maliki threatens to bar Sadr from vote (article states 7 Killed on Sunday)

Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's prime minister raised the stakes in his showdown with followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, saying in an interview broadcast on Monday they would be barred from elections unless their militia disbands.

The comments followed raids on Sunday by security forces into the cleric's Baghdad stronghold, the slum of Sadr City, which brought heavy fighting back to the capital after a week of relative calm when Sadr called his militia off the streets.

U.S. forces reported two more deaths across Iraq on Sunday, bringing the single day toll to seven, making it one of the deadliest days for American troops since the arrival of extra forces last year reduced violence over the second half of 2007.

"Solving the problem comes in no other way than dissolving the Mehdi Army," Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said in an interview with CNN. "They no longer have a right to participate in the political process or take part in the upcoming elections unless they end the Mehdi Army."

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/story.html?id=34bd47ec-5748-472a-b6b2-5a12e575dfbf&k=6477


and yes, Seven killed on Sunday confirmed by icasualties
http://icasualties.org/oif/BY_DOD.aspx

04/06/08 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Pending Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Baghdad
04/06/08 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Pending Hostile - hostile fire - Rocket fire Rustamiyah
04/06/08 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Pending Non-hostile Baghdad
04/06/08 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Pending Hostile - hostile fire - rocket attack Baghdad (Green Zone)
04/06/08 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Pending Hostile - hostile fire - rocket attack Baghdad (Green Zone)
04/06/08 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Pending Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Diyala Province
04/06/08 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Pending Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Diyala Province