16 US soldiers dead since Sunday in Iraq

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20 more Iraqis die in Sadr City clashes

Green Zone hit five years after U.S. forces swept into the Iraqi capital
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BAGHDAD - Errant mortar shells slammed into houses and a funeral tent Wednesday, leaving three children among the dead during clashes in a Shiite militia stronghold under siege by American and Iraqi forces on the fifth anniversary of the U.S. capture of the capital.

The fighting came as the U.S. military announced the deaths of four more soldiers. That raised the number of American troop deaths to 16 since Sunday.

Many Iraqis said hopes that were raised by the U.S.-led ouster of Saddam Hussein have been quashed.
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With this kind of violence going on as long as this has, is there any room to wonder why so many have PTSD?