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4 U.S. Troops In Baghdad Are Killed by Rocket Fire
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The clashes in Sadr City, which is home to nearly 3 million people, have exposed residents to nearly daily fighting, sharply limited their mobility and made food and medical supplies scarce, according to aid organizations.
President Jalal Talabani met Monday with the speaker of the Iraqi parliament and political leaders of Sadr's movement to discuss the situation, the president's office said in a statement. The politicians are trying to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Sadr City, where hundreds of people have been killed in recent months, the statement said.
On Sunday clashes in the densely populated part of the capital killed at least 38 people, the military said. U.S. troops used Abrams tanks Sunday to fend off at least three attacks, the military said Monday.
That clash started after 6 p.m. in northeastern Baghdad when Iraqi soldiers manning a checkpoint came under small-arms fire, the U.S. military said in a statement.
U.S. soldiers on Abrams tanks fired back with 120mm rounds and rifles, killing at least 22 people, the military said.
Shortly before that confrontation, soldiers on foot in northeastern Baghdad were attacked with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. Seven of the suspected attackers were killed when U.S. soldiers struck back from a tank, the military said.
About 3 p.m. Sunday, the U.S. soldiers on a tank killed a suspected militiaman after the soldiers were attacked with rocket-propelled grenades, the military said.
Eight other people the military described in statements as "criminals" and "evildoers" were killed Sunday in an airstrike and clashes on the ground, the military said. One of those clashes occurred at 3:15 p.m. when a U.S. combat outpost came under small-arms fire.
Staff researcher Robert E. Thomason in Washington and special correspondent Saad al-Izzi in Baghdad contributed to this report.
