Gunmen Who Killed 5 GIs In Iraq Wore Disguises

[Kadie]

Jan 21, 2007 7:56 am US/Pacific

Gunmen Who Killed 5 GIs In Iraq Wore Disguises
Deaths Mark Third Deadliest Day For U.S. Troops

(AP) BAGHDAD The gunmen who killed five U.S. troops in the Shiite holy city of Karbala wore military uniforms and used vehicles commonly driven by foreign dignitaries — an apparent attempt to impersonate Americans, Iraqi officials said Sunday.

The local governor said the gunmen stormed into the provincial headquarters building during a U.S.-Iraqi meeting to discuss security measures ahead of the Shiite Ashoura festival.

The five killed in Karbala were among at least 24 Americans deaths in Iraq on Saturday -- the third deadliest single day for
U.S. troops since the war began in March 2003. That total included four soldiers and a Marine killed in the violent Anbar province whose deaths were announced Sunday.

Saturday's carnage also included 12 soldiers killed in a Blackhawk helicopter crash northeast of Baghdad and two slain in
roadside bombings.

Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's parliamentary bloc, meanwhile, ended its nearly two-month political boycott after reaching a compromise over its demands for a timetable for Iraqi forces to take over security and the withdrawal of U.S. forces.

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[midnight]

2. Help me out here. Are you saying that military personnel are

killing U.S. military personnel. If you are saying that are you also thinking that it is U.S. military against us military? I hope not, I hope I totally missed your meaning.

[butterfly77]

3. This is why there will be a problem with..

the 21,000 escalation because the soldiers cannot distinguish between who is who...