A roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers in Baghdad on Sunday, the military said, pushing the overall American death toll in the five-year war to at least 4,000. The grim milestone came on a day when at least 61 people were killed across the country.
Rockets and mortars pounded the U.S.-protected Green Zone, underscoring the fragile security situation and the resilience of both Sunni and Shiite extremist groups despite an overall lull in violence.
The attacks on the Green Zone probably stemmed from rising tensions between rival Shiite groups and were the most sustained assault in months against the nerve center of the U.S. mission.
The soldiers with Multi-National Division — Baghdad were on a patrol when their vehicle was struck at about 10 p.m. in southern Baghdad, the military said. Another soldier was wounded in the attack — less than a week after the fifth anniversary of the conflict
Identities of those killed were withheld pending notification of relatives… [emphasis added]
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How many more US heroes must die in this GOP war of aggression for oil and conquest? The day the first US troop died in Iraq was one reason to impeach Bush and Cheney, because the war was based on lies to the American people, perjury in statements mad to the Congress, and violation of international treaties t5hat are now, through ratification, part of US law. Now we have 4,000 reasons.
Cross-posted from Politics Plus
