43 Iraqis, 5 US Soldiers Killed, According to a July 19, 2007 News Report

The Iraq News Agency (INA) reported the following news on July 19, 2007.

- 8 US soldiers and an Iraqi interpreter were killed in three days. This increases the US official death toll to 3,628 soldiers. Injuries have reached 26,350 since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.

- 43 Iraqis were killed in various areas, including 29 in the Miqdadiyah massacre.

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AP Headline: Sunnis end Iraqi parliament boycott

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press Writer

Jul 19, 2007, 9:18 AM EDT

BAGHDAD (AP) --

On Thursday, the U.S. command announced the deaths of five American soldiers. Four soldiers and their Iraqi interpreter were killed Wednesday in a roadside bombing in east Baghdad and one soldier was killed Friday by small arms fire near Rusdi Mulla, just to the southwest of the city.

U.S. troops killed three Iraqis (suspected of being members of al-Qaida) Thursday as they tried to slip out of the city, Iraqi security officials said. Clashes occurred during the day as American and Iraqi forces moved through the streets, securing buildings and clearing explosives.

U.S. troops regained control of the western half of the city last month and launched operations into the rest of Ba'aqouba on Tuesday.

Since last month, the Americans said they have killed at least 67 al-Qaida operatives in Ba'aqouba, arrested 253, seized 63 weapons caches and have destroyed 151 roadside bombs.

In Baghdad, the bodies of two men with bullets in their heads were found dumped near the mosque.

Gunmen firing from a speeding car killed a bodyguard of a Sunni parliament member in Mosul, police said. A Kurdish political party member was ambushed and killed in eastern Mosul, police also said.

In western Iraq, residents said assailants blew up two bridges in Haditha overnight. The bridges connect Haditha with Anah, about 160 miles northwest of the capital. The American forces are blocking the area now looking for those involved in the operation.

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