Surging On....Five U.S., 4 British troops killed in Iraq

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~snip~BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Nine coalition troops were killed in Iraq over the last two days, four of them in the deadliest attack on British troops since November, the U.S. and British militaries said Thursday.

The four British troops and a civilian translator were ambushed early Thursday as they returned from a mission west of the southern city of Basra, British military spokesman Lt. Col. Kevin Stratford-Wright said.

Insurgents wielding small arms and rocket-propelled grenades attacked the troops' armored Humvee about 340 miles (547 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, said Stratford-Wright. A roadside bomb also was employed in the attack, he said.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/05/iraq.main/index.html

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1. MCCAIN SHOULD BE PAINTED WITH THEIR BLOOD!! EOM

[sabra]

3. add on 10 Iraqi troops - you almost reach 20 in 24 hours :-(

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. six now reported dead today. nt

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4. The surge of dead and wounded....

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Military Fatalities: By Time Period News Current Time in Baghdad: 6:43:10 PM

Period US UK Other* Total Avg Days
6... 179 10 1 190 3.02 63
5... 933 32 20 985 2.39 412
4... 715 13 18 746 2.35 318
3... 580 25 27 632 2.93 216
2... 718 27 58 803 1.89 424
1... 140 33 0 173 4.02 43
Total 3265 140 124 3529 2.39 1476


U.S. Deaths Confirmed By The DoD..............: 3259
Reported U.S. Deaths Pending DoD Confirmation..: 6
Total....................................................... 3265
DoD Confirmation List
Latest Coalition Fatality: Apr 05, 2007


TOTAL - WOUNDED.......................... 24,314
TOTAL - MEDICAL AIR TRANSPORTED.. 26,188


http://icasualties.org/oif/