27 Iraqis, 3 US Soldier Killed, According to Initial Reports on June 11, 2007

The Iraq News Agency (INA) reported that 16 executed bodies of Iraqis were killed on June 11, 2007, and 3 US soldiers were killed on June 10, 2007.

- Three US soldiers were killed, six were injured, in addition to an injured Iraqi interpreter, in the Sunday attack on the Mahmoudiyah bridge.

- Sixteen bodies were found after being executed by death squads in the Karkh area of Baghdad today.

The (US) Associated Press news agency (AP) reported that 11 Iraqis were killed on June 11, 2007, and 3 US soldier were killed on June 10, 2007. The AP reported the following different news.

The suicide explosion that destroyed a vital bridge outside the Iraqi capital killed three American soldiers guarding the span over a main highway, the U.S. military said Monday, as bulldozers worked to clear the shattered concrete.

In Sunday's suicide strike on the bridge, it appeared that a northbound driver stopped and detonated his vehicle beside a support pillar, said Lt. Col. Garry Bush, an Army munitions officer who was in a U.S. civilian convoy that arrived two minutes after the blast. The convoy also carried an Associated Press reporter and photographer.

A U.S. Army checkpoint and a tent structure, apparently a rest area, fell into the rubble.

Security guards with private security firm Armor Group International, all ex-military, and others in a passing convoy rushed to the ruins. They found a scene of confusion and worked with a U.S. Army quick reaction force for some 45 minutes to retrieve trapped men, scrambling over the fallen concrete.

At least 11 Iraqis were killed in attacks elsewhere on Monday, according to police officers, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they feared retribution.

Associated Press special correspondent Charles J. Hanley contributed to this report from Mahmoudiya.

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