10/03/03 Yahoo(USAToday): Attacks in Iraq increase, 17 per day

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10/05/03 ABC: Iraqi soldiers clash with US
British and US troops have clashed with hundreds of former soldiers, demanding compensation for loss of their jobs

10/04/03 VOA:Violence Erupts in Central Baghdad
Violence has erupted in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, between U.S. troops and a crowd of former Iraqi soldiers, who had gathered to collect back pay

10/04/03 Reuters: Guerrilla Ambush Kills U.S. Soldier
A rocket-propelled grenade and gun attack killed an U.S.soldier in Baghdad ... on Saturday

10/04/03 Yahoo(Reuters): UK troops kill Iraqi
A British soldier has shot dead an Iraqi in the southern city of Basra during a violent protest by former soldiers demanding wages and jobs

10/03/03 DOD: Announces NEW fatality from June 26
The Department of Defense announced today that Hospitalman Joshua McIntosh, 22, of Kingman, Ariz., died 26 June in Karbala, Iraq, from a non-hostile gunshot wound.

10/03/03 WaPo(AP): 4 Iraqis Killed, 5 Wounded
Explosions killed four Iraqis and wounded five others, and American soldiers arrested a man described as an "executioner" for Saddam Hussein

10/03/03 CENTCOM: Soldier Drowns
A 1st Armored Division soldier drowned in a swimming pool in Baghdad at approximately 10:55 a.m., Oct. 3.

10/03/03 DJ (AP): Grenade Hurled At US Army Vehicles
Unknown assailants in a car Friday hurled a hand grenade at two U.S. army vehicles in downtown Baghdad outside the Al-Karma Hotel, witnesses said. Five Iraqis, including four teenagers, were injured. However, no soldiers were wounded

10/03/03 Yahoo(USAToday): Attacks in Iraq increase
Attacks on U.S.-led forces in Iraq have escalated over the past several months, and insurgents are now launching an average of 17 assaults a day

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Attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq increase
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By Jim Michaels, USA TODAY

Attacks on U.S.-led forces in Iraq (news - web sites) have escalated over the past several months, and insurgents are now launching an average of 17 assaults a day against patrols, convoys and bases, an analysis of coalition security reports shows. The data also show insurgents are using more sophisticated tactics and weapons.

There were few attacks against coalition forces immediately after Baghdad fell in April. But by early summer, the Army said attacks were averaging about a dozen per day. In September, the number of attacks exceeded 20 on some days.The attacks are killing an average of three to six American troops per week.


"The enemy has evolved," Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, commander of coalition forces in Iraq, said Thursday in Baghdad. "It is a little bit more lethal, little bit more complex, little bit more sophisticated and in some cases a little bit more tenacious."
Sanchez said coalition forces need to be prepared for more casualties and a long stay in Iraq.
The increase in resistance suggests that raids on rebels and their arms caches so far are failing to reduce the number of attacks against the U.S.-led occupation. Three U.S. soldiers were killed in attacks Wednesday. That brought the U.S. death toll from hostile action to 87 since May 1, when President Bush (news - web sites) declared major combat operations over.

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