Six US Soldiers Killed in Past Two Days in Iraq

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VOA News
16 March 2007


The U.S. military in Iraq says six American soldiers were killed in separate incidents over the past two days

The military said four soldiers were killed and two others wounded in a roadside bomb explosion Thursday in eastern Baghdad, where two bombs went off as the soldiers were returning from a search operation. The second explosion caused the U.S. casualties.

Also on Thursday, one soldier died of injuries sustained during combat operations in Salah ad Din province, north of Baghdad.

And, a U.S. Marine died Wednesday in a non-combat related incident in the restive Al Anbar province.

In other violence, a car bomb killed at least four people and wounded 24 others Thursday in the town of Iskandariyah, an area south of Baghdad that has been hit frequently by Sunni Arab insurgents,

And the U.S. military says it is investigating an incident Wednesday in the northern city of Mosul, in which coalition forces killed an Iraqi soldier by mistake. An initial account indicates that coalition ground forces and a helicopter were fired on during a raid in Mosul, and they returned fire, killing one person who was later identified as a member of the Iraqi army.

http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-03-16-voa11.cfm

[deutsey]

1. That means the surge is working!

:sarcasm:

[maddezmom]

2. going off the press releases on the MNF site, I count 10 in the last 2 days

Friday, 16 March 2007 WagonMaster troops take fire
Friday, 16 March 2007 Non-combat casualty in Al Anbar
Friday, 16 March 2007 Task Force Lightning Soldiers attacked
Friday, 16 March 2007 CCCI Convicts 23
Friday, 16 March 2007 COALITION FORCES DETAIN 17 SUSPECTED TERRORISTS IN RAIDS
Thursday, 15 March 2007 Coalition forces kill two terrorists, detain 11 others
Thursday, 15 March 2007 Suspected IED emplacer arrested in Rushdi Mullah
Thursday, 15 March 2007 Iraqi Army Soldier killed in incident
Thursday, 15 March 2007 MND-N security discussed at leaders' conference
Thursday, 15 March 2007 MNF-W non-combat casualty incident
Thursday, 15 March 2007 MNF-W forces attacked
Thursday, 15 March 2007 Iraqi Army working with district advisory council
http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=1&id=4&Itemid=21

[rodeodance]

3. my gawd. It just keeps getting worse each day!