Insurgents target Strykers in Iraq
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Strykers lose 10 on 1st day in Diyala(Report says one dead, 12 wounded)
BAQOUBA, Iraq - Dozens of U.S. Stryker combat vehicles roared into Baqouba at sunrise. The enemy was ready. As the dawn call to prayer fell silent, the streets blazed with insurgent fire. Within minutes of the start of their first mission in Diyala province Wednesday a voice crackled across the radio: "Catastrophic kill, with casualties."
Inside the rear of one Stryker, soldiers shushed one another and leaned closer to the radio. They all knew what it meant. A U.S. vehicle had been lost to hostile fire.
Nearly 100 Strykers, armored troop carriers with 50-caliber machine guns, were called north from Baghdad into the province and its capital to try — yet again — to rout Sunni insurgents, many who recently fled the month-old Baghdad security operation.
The fighters have renewed their campaign of bombings and killings just 35 miles northeast of the capital as the war enters its fifth year. Diyala province is quickly becoming as dangerous as Anbar province, the Sunni insurgent bastion west of Baghdad.
Rocket-propelled grenades pounded buildings Wednesday where U.S. soldiers sought cover. Mortars soared overhead and crashed to earth spewing clouds of deadly shrapnel.
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BAGHDAD (CNN) -- Four U.S. soldiers died Thursday when two roadside bombs targeted their vehicles as they were returning from cordon-and-search operations in eastern Baghdad, the military said.
The first device detonated near the vehicles, and the second detonated shortly after the initial blast, killing the four soldiers. Two others were wounded, the military said.
The soldiers were assigned to Multi-National Division - Baghdad. Their names were withheld pending notification of relatives. No further details were available.
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Strykers lose 10 on 1st day in Diyala(Report says one dead, 12 wounded)
BAQOUBA, Iraq - Dozens of U.S. Stryker combat vehicles roared into Baqouba at sunrise. The enemy was ready. As the dawn call to prayer fell silent, the streets blazed with insurgent fire. Within minutes of the start of their first mission in Diyala province Wednesday a voice crackled across the radio: "Catastrophic kill, with casualties."
Inside the rear of one Stryker, soldiers shushed one another and leaned closer to the radio. They all knew what it meant. A U.S. vehicle had been lost to hostile fire.
Nearly 100 Strykers, armored troop carriers with 50-caliber machine guns, were called north from Baghdad into the province and its capital to try — yet again — to rout Sunni insurgents, many who recently fled the month-old Baghdad security operation.
The fighters have renewed their campaign of bombings and killings just 35 miles northeast of the capital as the war enters its fifth year. Diyala province is quickly becoming as dangerous as Anbar province, the Sunni insurgent bastion west of Baghdad.
Rocket-propelled grenades pounded buildings Wednesday where U.S. soldiers sought cover. Mortars soared overhead and crashed to earth spewing clouds of deadly shrapnel.
LinkHere
BAGHDAD (CNN) -- Four U.S. soldiers died Thursday when two roadside bombs targeted their vehicles as they were returning from cordon-and-search operations in eastern Baghdad, the military said.
The first device detonated near the vehicles, and the second detonated shortly after the initial blast, killing the four soldiers. Two others were wounded, the military said.
The soldiers were assigned to Multi-National Division - Baghdad. Their names were withheld pending notification of relatives. No further details were available.
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