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Car Bomb Near Soccer Field Kills 16 Children, 2 Women in Ramadi
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Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, the second-ranking U.S. general in Iraq, provided a cautiously optimistic assessment Tuesday of the first two weeks of the security plan, citing what he described as a decline in sectarian killings.
"Although we see some initial progress, we know the enemies we face will continue to attempt to disrupt the goals of the government by conducting attacks against innocent civilians," he said.
Odierno also said all the 21,500 additional troops who are part of the Bush administration's temporary increase will be in Iraq by May.
Also Tuesday, the U.S. military reported that four service members had been killed in two incidents. Three soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb Tuesday while conducting a route clearance mission southwest of Baghdad.
The fourth soldier was killed Monday night near the city of Diwaniyah, south of Baghdad. The soldier's Humvee struck an improvised explosive device.
The U.S. military also announced that a specialist has been convicted of negligent homicide for killing a soldier in June while cleaning his weapon. Spec. Daniel E. Turner was sentenced to 15 months' confinement and a bad conduct discharge.
Correspondent Joshua Partlow and special correspondents Waleed Saffar and Naseer Mehdawi contributed to this report.
