Five U.S. soldiers killed in Baghdad
/Five American soldiers were killed Friday by roadside bombs and
a shooting attack in Baghdad, the U.S. military said. Three soldiers
were killed when a roadside bomb hit their patrol at about 4:30 p.m. in
western Baghdad. Another soldier was slightly wounded in the attack,
the military said. Earlier, a bomb in a southern neigbhorhood killed a
soldier and wounded three others at about 2 p.m. Another soldier was
shot dead about 15 minutes later in the city's north, the military said
in a statement. It provided no further details. All the slain soldier's
were from Task Force Baghdad. Also, an insurgent hurled a hand grenade
at an American patrol in the capital, injuring another soldier. More
than 1,414 U.S. troops have been killed in Iraq since fighting began in
March 2003. [more]
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- BBC obtains Iraq casualty figures. Coalition troops and Iraqi security
forces may be responsible for up to 60% of conflict-related civilian
deaths in Iraq - far more than are killed by insurgents, confidential
records obtained by the BBC's Panorama programme reveal. [more]
- Anger over Iraqi war dead on Internet. The US Defence Department has
been asked to investigate a website being used by American soldiers to
post grisly pictures of Iraqi war dead. The site, which has been
operating for more than a year, describes itself as "an online archive
of soldiers' photos". Dozens of pictures of decapitated and limbless
bodies are featured on the site with tasteless captions, purportedly
sent in by soldiers. Captions include "plastic surgery needed", "road
kill" and "I said dead". [more]
- Site is [here]
