Seven more US troops die in Iraqi bomb attacks

Capping the bloodiest month for American troops since January, the US military reported that seven more US service members were killed – all victims of increasingly sophisticated bombs that have been become the deadliest weapon in the insurgents’ arsenal.

Bombs also claimed victims yesterday among civilians in Basra, Iraq’s second-largest city and the major metropolis of the Shiite-dominated south, which has witnessed less violence than Sunni areas.