Baghdad bomb kills five US troops

Baghdad bomb kills five US troops

news.bbc.co.uk

Five American soldiers have been killed by a suicide bomb attack in Baghdad, witnesses said.

The suicide bomber, wearing an explosive vest, approached the soldiers on a Baghdad street and blew himself up, Iraqi police told Reuters.

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I cant find any other corroborating links as yet, but this has literally just broken on the BBC website.

Contrary to the hopes of US Politicians and Generals, it looks like a definite trend of renewed violence has begun, in the face of recent perceived successes of the troop 'surge'.

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Defense Monitor Jan 2008

For some interesting reading on the troop surge, as published by the Center for Defense Information (www.cdi.org).

reply to post by Qoelet


BBC's the gold standard. This news is unfortunately most likely true.

Condolences to the families of the Troops that were killed. There is also a "surge" in the use of women to become suicide bombers.
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