The Real Red Phone Moment!The war rages on contrary to reports that. "Things are better and it has been worse" Just hours ago, Five U.S. soldiers were killed and three others were wounded Monday when a suicide bomber walked up to their foot patrol in a Baghdad neighborhood and detonated explosives, authorities said. Four of the soldiers were killed on the spot, and one died later of injuries from the blast, the U.S. military said. An Iraqi interpreter also was wounded in the attack.
"Initial reports indicate the explosive device was a suicide vest," the military said in a statement.It was the deadliest single attack on U.S. troops since Jan. 28, when five soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in the northern city of Mosul. Earlier in January, six soldiers were killed when a booby-trapped house blew up in Diyala province.
Monday's suicide bombing in the Mansour neighborhood broke a relative calm that had prevailed in the district, Iraqis said. In light of such news, how does this war determine your upcoming presidential vote if at all?
Read Josh Partlow and William Branigin Washington Post Foreign Service for more on this sad news.
"Initial reports indicate the explosive device was a suicide vest," the military said in a statement.It was the deadliest single attack on U.S. troops since Jan. 28, when five soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in the northern city of Mosul. Earlier in January, six soldiers were killed when a booby-trapped house blew up in Diyala province.
Monday's suicide bombing in the Mansour neighborhood broke a relative calm that had prevailed in the district, Iraqis said. In light of such news, how does this war determine your upcoming presidential vote if at all?
Read Josh Partlow and William Branigin Washington Post Foreign Service for more on this sad news.