Baghdad attacks kill more than 20
A suicide car bomber struck a US convoy waiting at a crossroads today in central Baghdad, killing seven people – including one American soldier – and wounding more than 90. More than a dozen others died in scattered attacks across the capital.
A US Marine assigned to the 2nd Marine Division was killed yesterday by small arms fire in Ramadi, 70 miles west of Baghdad, the US military said today. The latest deaths brought the number of US service members killed in Iraq this month to at least 32.