4 Coalition Troops Killed in Iraq Attacks

Yahoo News

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi insurgents launched three attacks in the southern city of Karbala on Saturday, killing four coalition soldiers and injuring 25 others, a Polish commander said.

Maj. Gen. Andrzej Tyszkiewicz, head of the Polish-led multinational force responsible for security around Karbala, made the announcement at a news conference carried live on Polish television. He said five of the injuries were serious.


I think this is new? In the last 2 days there have been so many attacks it is hard to tell one from the other.

To the mods: If this is not new news, please lock.

There has been an increase in the attacks over the holiday period. Lunaville has the dead as Bulgarian, while the American death toll stands at 475, currently.

Am I imagining things, or has the rate of American deaths increased since Saddam's capture?

had the number at 12.

However, the great increase in the number of attacks seems to indidcate that the civil war in Iraq has begun.

but then again, I have a feeling that they know that Saddam has been
captured a LONG time ago and they continue to fight...
Or maybe this has absolutely nothing to do with Saddam, and they're
fighting to liberate their country of foreign invaders...

there's no danger of his return to power if the Americans are forced out, so maybe a lot of people feel free to fight the oppressors for the first time.

Headline now updated to:

4 Troops Among 11 Killed in Iraq Attacks

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The attacks also wounded at least 172 people, with U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt saying 37 of them were coalition soldiers, including five Americans. Some 135 Iraqi police officers and civilians also were wounded, said Ali al-Arzawi, deputy head of Karbala General Hospital.


"It was a coordinated, massive attack planned for a big scale and intended to do much harm," said Maj. Gen. Andrzej Tyszkiewicz, head of the Polish-led multinational force responsible for security around Karbala, from his headquarters at Camp Babylon in comments carried on Polish television.

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The attackers targeted two military coalition camps at the city's university and at a police station, as well as the mayor's office.

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Bulgarian soldiers were being evacuated from their two bases in Karbala because it was destroyed. Deputy Defense Minister Ilko Dimitrov told Bulgarian state television that 15 soldiers were wounded slightly.

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(and more bad news)

This has esclated since Saddam.

Some letter writer in my paper stated that the soldiers dying was sad but necessary because we HAVE to be in Iraq to protect our freedom here. This line of reasoning seems to be cropping up a lot lately.