4 soldiers killed in continued Baghdad clashes

[unhappycamper]

A soldier secures a checkpoint in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad on April 7.


4 soldiers killed in continued Baghdad clashes
By Robert H. Reid - The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Apr 8, 2008 5:58:02 EDT

BAGHDAD — Iraqi government forces and the Mahdi army clashed anew Tuesday in Baghdad despite a government ultimatum to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to either disband his militia or give up politics.

Hundreds of civilians have already fled Sadr City, where gun battles have raged since last week. The neighborhood, the nerve center of al-Sadr’s Mahdi army, has been under siege by about 1,000 U.S. and Iraqi troops.

Fighting broke out again early Tuesday morning after Iraqi units tried to enter the cleric’s stronghold, a police officer said.

Three American soldiers were killed in separate attacks Monday in Baghdad — one by small-arms fire and two others by a rocket-propelled grenade, the U.S. said without specifying the neighborhood or whether Shiite extremists were responsible.

Another American soldier died Tuesday from wounds received in a roadside explosion. He was the 11th U.S. serviceman killed in Iraq since Sunday.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/04/ap_soldierskilled_040708/



uhc comment: To date, four thousand twenty three soldiers have died as a result of the invasion and occupation of Iraq --> http://icasualties.org/oif/

[livvy]

1. Yup, the surge is sure working. Just not sure who it's working for.

:grr: