Blast Hits Downtown Baghdad, 2 Iraqis Killed & Scores Injured in Seven Attacks, 4th US Soldier Killed, December 14, 2009

Blast Hits Downtown Baghdad, 2 Iraqis Killed & Scores Injured in Seven Attacks, 4th US Soldier Killed

December 14, 2009

Yaqen.net reported that Two Iraqis were Killed, scores were injured in seven attacks in various cities today.

Blast hits downtown Baghdad- eyewitnesses

December 14, 2009 - 07:15:21

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

An explosion occurred this morning in Baghdad’s downtown area of al-Karada, according to eyewitnesses.

“The blast occurred near a police checkpoint in al-Karada area and the former German embassy,” an eyewitness told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“The bombing targeted a motorcade of an official and shattered the windows of the vehicles,” another eyewitness said.
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4th U.S. soldier dies in December 2009

December 13, 2009 - 11:33:36

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

One U.S. serviceman has died as a result of a non-combat incident, bringing the number of U.S. troops killed this month to four.

“The Soldier was discovered unresponsive in his living quarters by a non-commissioned officer in the unit. The NCO transported the Soldier to a nearby medical facility on their base, but he was later pronounced dead by attending physicians. The incident is currently under investigation,” according to a U.S. army statement received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

The death has brought to 4,371 the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003, including 151 killed in 2009.

Eleven were killed in November 2009, nine in October, ten in September and seven in August, the lowest number of monthly U.S. deaths since 2003.

July 2009, which saw U.S. combat troops pulling out of Iraqi cities, registered eight deaths.
U.S. fatalities began to decrease since the beginning of 2009: sixteen soldiers were killed in January, 17 in February and nine in March.

The death toll, however, grew in April to reach 19 and then to 25 in May, including five shot down by a fellow soldier in a shooting incident inside a camp near Baghdad International Airport.

Fifteen were killed in June, including five in “non-combat” incidents.

Some 486 U.S. soldiers were killed in 2003, 849 in 2004, 846 in 2005, 822 in 2006 and a record high of 904 in 2007. The toll went down dramatically in 2008 to reach 314.

Still, November 2004, the month that saw fierce clashes between U.S. forces and gunmen in the restive city of al-Falluja, Diala province, is the month with the highest U.S. deaths: 137.
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