3 more US troops killed in Baghdad

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1. But wait.. Laura Bush said there's only ONE bombing a day in Iraq..

Mrs. Bush on Larry King last week-

"And many parts of Iraq are stable now. But, of course, what we see on television is the one bombing a day that discourages everybody."

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0702/26/lkl.01.html


Meanwhile, today in Iraq..

03/03/07 Reuters: Suicide car bomb kills policeman in Iraq's Ramadi
A suicide car bomb killed a policeman and caused other casualties when it blew up at a police checkpoint in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Saturday...A police source said a policeman was killed and 22 other police and civilians were wounded.

03/03/07 DPA: Iraqi Newspaper Editor Found Dead In Baghdad
Violence continued in Iraq Saturday as a civilian was killed and two were wounded north of Baghdad while a senior journalist was found dead, believed shot, in the capital.

03/03/07 MNF: MND-B Convoy attacked - 3 soldiers killed
Three Multi-National Corps-Iraq Soldiers died Saturday of wounds suffered after an improvised explosive device exploded next to their vehicle in central Baghdad.

03/03/07 KUNA: American contractors attacked in southern Iraq (unconfirmed)
a bomb planted on the highway between Safwan area and Thee Qar province exploded on a group of Americans killing one and injurying two others. ...A spokesman for Al-Basra police force said...the Americans were employed by a foreign security company here.

03/03/07 Reuters: Body found in Iskandariya
Police said they found one unidentified body in the town of Iskandariya, south of Baghdad

03/03/07 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills woman and 2 children in Latifiya
A roadside bomb killed a woman and her two children whilst they were travelling on foot to commemorate a major Shi'ite event, police said. The attack occurred near the insurgent-stronghold of Latifiya, just south of Baghdad.

03/03/07 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills 3 policemen in Tikrit
A roadside bomb killed three policemen and wounded three more when it hit a police convoy on the road to Tikrit, police said. The men guards of Major General Hamid Al Namis, provincial head of police in Salahaddin province.

03/03/07 KUNA: Journalist in Ahmad Aga area in Kirkuk city
Meanwhile, the same source indicated that gunmen, disguised as Iraqi soldiers, abducted a local journalist in Ahmad Aga area in Kirkuk city

03/03/07 Xinhua: 2 bomb attacks hit police in Baghdad
A police commando member was killed and four policemen wounded in two bomb attacks in Baghdadon Saturday...Another roadside bomb detonated near a passing police patrol...charring a police vehicle and wounding four policemen

03/03/07 KUNA: Violence in Kirkuk claims life of Iraqi, injures 3 others
An Iraqi citizen was killed and three others were injured due to an attack in the Huwaijah area, southwest of Kirkuk city in northern Iraq, said an Iraqi police source Saturday.

03/03/07 AP: 6 Sunni men killed execution-style
Gunmen stormed the home of a Sunni family threatened with death for meeting with local Shiites, separating out the women and children and executing six men on Saturday, Iraqi police and military officials said.

03/02/07 THEGAZETTE: Carson soldier lost feet in Iraq explosion
A Fort Carson soldier on his second tour in Iraq lost both feet last week after stepping on an explosive in Ramadi. Sgt. Mark R. Ecker II, 21, was flown to Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Tuesday. Five other soldiers also were wounded...

03/02/07 DoD Identifies Army Casualties (part 3)
Spc. Jonathan D. Cadavero, 24, of Takoma Park, Md...assigned to the 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division...died Feb. 27 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device

03/02/07 DoD Identifies Army Casualties (part 2)
Cpl. Lorne E. Henry, Jr., 21, of Niagara Falls, N.Y...assigned to the 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division...died Feb. 27 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device

03/02/07 DoD Identifies Army Casualties (part 1)
Sgt. Richard A. Soukenka, 30, of Oceanside, Calif...assigned to the 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division...died Feb. 27 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device

03/02/07 AFP: Bomb kills 10 in Sadr City
a bomb exploded on Friday at an open air area for selling second hand cars in Sadr City, a Shiite bastion of east Baghdad, killing 10 people and wounding 17, police said.

03/02/07 BBC: Bodies of Iraqi policemen 'found'
Iraqi officials say they have found the bodies of 14 policemen who went missing shortly after leaving their base north of the capital, Baghdad. The bodies were found in the Diyala province, close to where the policemen disappeared on Thursday

03/02/07 Reuters: Mortar fire kills 4 civilians in Iskandariya
The U.S. military said insurgents fired mortar rounds that killed four Iraqi civilians and wounded 10 in Iskandariya. A police source had said eight people were killed in clashes there and it was not clear if the reports were referring...

03/02/07 Reuters: Six bodies found in Balad
Police said six bodies were found in Balad, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, on Thursday.

03/02/07 Reuters: Gunmen killed two members of the Ramadi soccer team
Gunmen killed two members of the local soccer team during training in the Western Iraqi city of Ramadi...One of the dead was a leading member of the Ramadi Football Club, 27-year-old Mohammed Hamid, shot dead along with his 23-year-old team mate

03/02/07 MNF: Route clearance patrol struck by roadside bomb - 2 Soldiers killed
On March 2, an MND-B unit was conducting a route clearance patrol...northwest of the Iraqi capital when they were struck by a roadside bomb, killing two Soldiers and one interpreter. Another Soldier was injured in the incident.
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