07 July 2003


And they are....

According to this Reuters article, the American death toll in Iraq has risen to 29 since President Bush declared an end to major hostilities on May 1.
BAGHDAD - Two U.S. soldiers in Iraq were killed and four were wounded in a spate of guerrilla attacks in which at least two Iraqis also died, the U.S. military and witnesses said Monday.

The latest violence, in Baghdad and a town to the west of the capital, was the latest indication that U.S. occupation forces were facing guerrilla warfare in Sunni Muslim central Iraq, once the cradle of support for Saddam Hussein.

A U.S. military spokesman said one soldier was killed while a patrol was pursuing Iraqi gunmen in the Azamiyah district of Baghdad late on Sunday. An Iraqi gunman was killed and another wounded in the clash.

The second U.S. soldier was killed early Monday when a rocket-propelled grenade hit his vehicle in the district of Kadhimiya.
Complete story here via Common Dreams.

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