Surge Results: Deadliest Three Months For Troops Since War Began

U.S. toll to 329 for the past 3 months

5 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq Attack

AP LAUREN FRAYER June 29, 2007 11:58 AM
Insurgents launched a deadly coordinated attack on an American combat patrol, detonating a roadside bomb, then firing guns and rocket-propelled grenades at the soldiers, the U.S. military said Friday. Five troops were killed.
Seven soldiers were wounded in the attack on Thursday in southern Baghdad and were evacuated to a military hospital; one has since returned to duty, the military said.

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Five U.S. troops killed in Iraq, June toll now 100

Alister Bull, Reuters

A roadside bomb killed five U.S. soldiers on patrol in Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Friday, bringing this month's death toll for American forces in Iraq to 100. The deaths on Thursday in an apparently coordinated ambush that included small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenade attacks underscore the cost to soldiers fighting a war that is increasingly unpopular in the United States. Seven other U.S. soldiers were wounded, the military said. U.S. President George W. Bush pleaded for patience for his Iraq strategy on Thursday as he scrambled to prevent further defections by fellow Republicans sceptical of his war strategy...

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