Five U.S. Soldiers Killed By Suicide Bomber In Baghdad
Pictured: Iraqi army soldiers conduct a combined patrol with U.S. Army soldiers in the Adhamiyah neighborhood of Baghdad.
RIP.
Five US soldiers have been killed by a suicide bomb attack while they patrolled in Baghdad, the US army said.
The suicide bomber approached the patrol on a Baghdad street and blew himself up, Iraqi police told Reuters.
Three other troops and an Iraqi interpreter were also injured in the attack, the US military said.
The attack follows the killing of Thaer Ghadban al-Karkhi, a Sunni tribal leader, in a suicide bomb attack on his house near Baquba earlier on Monday.
The US military told the BBC that the attack on its troops took place in the Mansour district of Baghdad.
“A terrorist wearing an explosive vest blew himself against a dismounted US patrol,” Iraqi army spokesman Major General Qasim Ata told AFP.
“We remain resolute in our resolve to protect the people of Iraq and kill or capture those who would bring them harm,” Colonel Allen Batschelet, chief of staff of US forces in Baghdad, told Reuters.
The attack is believed to be the most deadly strike on US forces in Baghdad for several months.
(BBC)
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“We remain resolute in our resolve to protect the people of Iraq and kill or capture those who would bring them harm,” Colonel Allen Batschelet, chief of staff of US forces in Baghdad, told Reuters.
Heroes all. G-d Bless and Rest in peace.
March 10th, 2008 at 8:26 amAwww dammit I hate it when this happens
RIP and thanks. 
March 10th, 2008 at 11:16 amBlessed are these Five peacemakers. Wish they lived long enough to see
al queada reap more of what it has been sowing.
March 10th, 2008 at 11:22 am
March 10th, 2008 at 4:20 pmMore heroic Shaheen. These are the great ones. Al Queeda and their pig-licking buddies will pay in death for their evil.
God Bless their families.
March 10th, 2008 at 4:52 pm