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19 U.S. Troops Killed In Iraq
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Local Iraqi officials and Iraqi and U.S. military personnel are stationed at the facility, which serves as a coordination center, the military said. The attack came as the soldiers were holding a meeting to ensure the safety of Shiite pilgrims during a coming holiday.
A Multinational Division Baghdad soldier was killed Saturday by an improvised explosive device while patrolling a neighborhood in the northern part of the capital, the military said in a statement.
A Task Force Lightning soldier assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's 4th Brigade was killed by an improvised explosive device in Nineveh province in northern Iraq. Two soldiers were injured by the explosion. Earlier in the week, the unit had arrested 12 suspected insurgents while conducting raids in northern Baghdad "to disrupt militia activities," according to the statement.
The deadly string of incidents came on the eve of the Islamic new year, which starts Sunday.
At least two other service members were killed Friday, according to statements issued by the military, including a Marine assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5 who died of injuries sustained in what the military described as "enemy action" in Anbar province in western Iraq and a soldier who died in combat in Nineveh province.
The military said the names of the service members would be released after their relatives had been notified.
Meanwhile Saturday, two men were arrested trying to sneak a car bomb into Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, the military said.
The day was also deadly for Iraqis. In Khalis, a city in Diyala province, Saad Zowanie, a local prosecutor, was killed, according to Ali Khaiyam, a Diyala police spokesman. Elsewhere in the province, eight men were killed when U.S. helicopters bombed an area northeast of Baqubah, Khaiyam said.
Brig. Gen. Sadoun Abdul Karim of the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior said government forces backed by U.S. soldiers dropped from helicopters in southern Baghdad and attacked men suspected of belonging to al-Qaeda in Iraq, an insurgent group. Also in the Dura area of the capital, three Iraqi policemen were killed by a roadside bomb, the general said.
Special correspondents Naseer Nouri and Saad Sarhan in Iraq and staff researchers Magda Jean-Louis and Madonna Lebling in Washington contributed to this report.
