Military reports 4 deaths and 13 wounded

6 soldiers wounded in Iraq fighting

By Hamid Ahmed - The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Apr 29, 2008 10:07:30 EDT

BAGHDAD — More than two dozen people were killed when Shiite militants ambushed a U.S. patrol in Baghdad’s embattled Sadr City district, bringing the death toll in area on Tuesday to more than 30, a U.S. military spokesman and Iraqi officials said.

The clashes broke out at 9:30 a.m. after U.S. troops were attacked with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns, spokesman Navy Lt. Col. Steve Stover said.

Six American soldiers were wounded in the fighting. As the troops were leaving the area, a vehicle was hit with two roadside bombs, Stover said.

The attack occurred along a road on which the U.S. military is erecting a concrete barrier to try to cut off the militants’ ability to move freely into the rest of Baghdad and hamper their ability to fire rockets and mortars at the Green Zone, the central Baghdad district where government offices and the U.S. Embassy are located.
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Seven soldiers injured in training mishap
The Associated PressPosted : Tuesday Apr 29, 2008 15:25:24 EDT

FRANKFURT, Germany — The Army says seven soldiers have been injured in a training exercise in Germany and two of them were flown to a hospital intensive care unit.
The soldiers, none of whom has been identified, were injured in a vehicle accident Monday afternoon at the Grafenwoehr Training Area in southern Germany, the Army said Tuesday.
The other five suffered injuries and were taken to another hospital. Three have been released and the other two are set to be released later Tuesday.
All seven soldiers are part of V Corps, U.S. Army Europe.
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4 soldiers killed in Baghdad fighting
April is deadliest month for U.S. forces in Iraq since September
By Slobodan Lekic - The Associated PressPosted : Tuesday Apr 29, 2008 5:48:57 EDT

BAGHDAD — Bombardments by suspected militants killed four U.S. soldiers as troops tried to push Shiite fighters farther from the U.S.-protected Green Zone and out of range of their rockets and mortars.
At least 44 American soldiers have been killed in Iraq in April, making it the deadliest month for U.S. forces since September.
The military said three soldiers were killed Monday in eastern Baghdad by indirect fire, a reference to mortars or rockets. The statement did not give an exact location for the attack, but the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City has been the scene of intense fighting recently with Shiite militiamen.
A fourth U.S. soldier was killed by a shell in western Baghdad, the military said.
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