Deaths of 11 U.S. personnel reported in Iraq (Is this his "surge"?)

[SoCalDem]

May 6, 2007, 3:34PM
Deaths of 11 U.S. personnel reported in Iraq
At least 95 Iraqis killed or found dead

By ROBERT H. REID
Associated Press
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/4779506.html

BAGHDAD — Roadside bombs killed eight American soldiers in separate attacks today in Diyala province and Baghdad, and a car bomb claimed 30 more lives in a wholesale food market in a part of the Iraqi capital where sectarian tensions are on the rise.

In all, at least 95 Iraqis were killed or found dead nationwide today, police reported. They included 12 policemen in Samarra, among them the city's police chief, who died when Sunni insurgents launched a suicide car bombing and other attacks on police headquarters.

The deadliest attack against U.S. forces occurred in Diyala, where six U.S. soldiers and a European journalist were killed when a massive bomb destroyed their vehicle, the U.S. military said. Two U.S. soldiers were wounded, the military said.

Two other American soldiers died today in separate bombings in Baghdad.

The military today also reported three other deaths — two Marines in a blast today in Anbar province and a soldier who died today in a non-combat incident in northern Iraq.

Those deaths raised to at least 3,373 the number of U.S. military members who have died since the Iraq war started in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

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