http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/RAS649510.htmFACTBOX-Developments in Iraq on April 7
07 Apr 2006 19:59:44 GMT
Source: Reuters
U.S. and Iraqi forces have been battling a Sunni Arab insurgency against the Shi'ite- and Kurdish-led interim government. The bombing of a Shi'ite shrine on Feb. 22 has been followed by a surge in sectarian attacks.
BAGHDAD - Three suicide bombers killed at least 70 people and wounded 140 at a Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad, police said.
*QAIM - A U.S. Marine was allegedly shot and killed by an Iraqi soldier on a coalition base on Thursday, the U.S. military said on Friday. snip
BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier was killed when his patrol was hit by a roadside bomb on Thursday near town of Baiji, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Friday.