U.S. April death toll in Iraq passes 100

[cal04]

Five U.S. troops were killed in separate attacks in the capital this weekend, including three in a single roadside bombing, the military said Monday, pushing the death toll past 100 in the deadliest month so far this year.

Both attacks occurred in eastern Baghdad, a predominantly Shiite area where American and Iraqi forces have stepped up their activities as part of a security crackdown that began on Feb. 14 to quell the sectarian violence.

In violence Monday, a suicide car bomber apparently targeting an Interior Ministry convoy struck an Iraqi checkpoint near a busy square in the predominantly Sunni area of Harthiyah in western Baghdad, killing four people and wounding 10, police said.

The bomber detonated his payload, causing part of the road to buckle, as he emerged from an underpass and was heading toward the checkpoint being manned by Interior Ministry commandos. Those killed included two commandos and two civilians.

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[Hissyspit]

1. And for every American death, how many brain injuries and lost limbs?

And Iraqi death?

If the death toll in Iraq didn't compare to Vietnam, that is changing.

[malaise]

2. Thanks George Bush

you mass murderer.

[bdamomma]

3. Bush is a defiant and psychotic man.

[Roland99]

4. Tragically sad. I'd heard this morning on the news that 4 more US troops were dead for Bushco's lies

:(

[babylonsister]

5. Kick and cry. nt

[bdamomma]

6. death toll to this date

these families have to live without their loved ones, due to the insanity of GWB.

3,337 American victims

[SpiralHawk]

7. "Don't worry. I'm perfectly comfortable and safe." - Commander AWOL

"Everything is hunky dory out here on the golf course with my republicon war-profiteering cronies. We are having a ball. Thank you for you concern."

- Commander AWOL

[Jcrowley]

8. This will go on

until he is removed from office.

K&R

[bdamomma]

9. true but sad, what we need another 58,000 dead to get out.

what a waste of human life on a country they did not do anything to us.