3 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq

[Judi Lynn]

October 8, 2003

THE WORLD
3 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq
Roadside bombs also injure three. Nearby, thousands of Shiites protest the alleged detention of a prominent preacher.

By Edmund Sanders and Laura King, Times Staff Writers


BAGHDAD — In a surge of unrest around Baghdad, three U.S. soldiers were killed by roadside bombs, an explosion rocked the Iraqi Foreign Ministry and thousands of angry Shiite Muslims protested what they said was the U.S. detention of a prominent mosque preacher.

The soldiers were killed in two separate attacks late Monday. Military officials were investigating, but said there was no indication the attacks were related.

No one was injured in the ministry blast, but the explosion rekindled fears that terrorists and insurgents are broadening their targets to include employees and facilities of the U.S.-installed interim Iraqi government.

In the Bayaa neighborhood of southwest Baghdad, as many as 3,000 Shiite Muslims rallied to demand the release of firebrand Shiite cleric Muayad Karzraji, who fellow sheiks said had been detained, handcuffed and taken away a day earlier by U.S. troops.
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iraq8oct08,1,7733545.story?coll=la-headlines-world

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[Warren Stuart]

1. Is this new?

3 soldiers were reported killed yesterday.

But regardless, this sucks.