surge update - 3 U.S. soldiers killed as bombs hit Iraq cities

[spanone]

BAGHDAD - Three American soldiers were killed and nine others wounded Thursday in a bombing attack in Baghdad, the U.S. military said, in a burst of violence only weeks before American combat troops are due to leave Iraqi cities.

The attack was one of a series of bombings to hit Baghdad and the northern city of Kirkuk, killing at least 25 people and wounding dozens more. It also came a day after a car bomb exploded near a group of restaurants in a Shiite neighborhood of northwest Baghdad, killing 41 people and injuring more than 70.

The deadliest blast Thursday occurred in Baghdad's southern district of Dora when a suicide bomber attacked an American foot patrol in an outdoor market. Army Maj. David Shoupe said three American soldiers and at least four civilians were killed in the blast. Iraqi police and hospital officials put the civilian toll at 12 killed and 25 wounded.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30862423/ns/world_news-conflict_in_iraq/

[kentuck]

1. It is all so predictable..

George Bush had it all under control and Obama let it slip away...