http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087 <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aeYO_t12evT4&refer=home > &sid=aeYO_t12evT4&refer=home Iraq Suicide Bomber Kills 15; 9 U.S. Forces Killed in 48 Hours
By Robin Stringer May 23 (Bloomberg) -- A suicide bomber killed at least 15 people in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala and the U.S. military said nine soldiers and Marines died in the last 48 hours. The bomber wounded at least 20 others in an attack inside a coffee shop in Mandali, on the Iranian border, about 110 kilometers (68 miles) east of Baghdad, state television said. Nine American soldiers were killed in five separate attacks yesterday, the U.S. military said. Six soldiers died in roadside bomb attacks and one other in a small arms attack in an around Baghdad. Two Marines were killed in action in the western province of al-Anbar, the U.S. military said today in an e-mailed statement. At least 87 U.S. service members have been killed in Iraq this month. April was the deadliest month for the U.S. military so far this year, with 102 personnel killed in action. U.S. deaths have risen each month since intensified efforts to secure Baghdad and al-Anbar province involving about 30,000 additional U.S. forces started in February. There has been an ``increase in fights with terrorists and extremists of all affiliations'' since the deployment of additional forces, U.S. military spokesman Major General William Caldwell said at a televised news conference in Baghdad today. ``We now have more troops conducting more operations involving more troops resulting in more confrontations,'' he said. The U.S. military is trying to identify a body found in the Euphrates River that may be that of one of three soldiers missing since a May 12 ambush. Iraqi Police ``The Iraqi police did find a body which they believe may be one of the missing soldiers,'' Caldwell said. ``We will work diligently to determine if this is one of our soldiers,'' Caldwell said. The military will inform family members before the media if the body is identified as an American soldier, he said. Four U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi soldier were killed in an ambush on their vehicles early on May 12. Three other U.S. soldiers have been missing since the attack. The service members were from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 10th Mountain Division, based in Fort Drum, New York. The unit had been in a static patrol position to observe territory all night and were attacked at dawn, the military said. A total of 2,801 U.S. service members had been killed in action since the March 2003 Iraq invasion as of yesterday, according to the Department of Defense Web site. The number of deaths including those from other causes was 3,424. More than 25,000 had been wounded, 11,476 of them so seriously they couldn't return to duty. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
