Marines start withdrawal today, 12 American soldiers killed

[Robbien]

The American occupation forces in Baghdad and its suburbs were exposed in the past hours to strong strikes that resulted in killing 12 soldiers. The strongest of these operations was an attack by a booby trapped car in al-Mahmoudeyah to the south of Baghdad resulted in killing nine soldiers and wounding other 2.

Two other American soldiers were killed and another wounded in an attack by explosives that targeted one occupation vehicle in Baqouba to the north of Baghdad that resulted also in killing one Iraqi civilian. the American army also announced that one soldier was killed in an attack by a missile shelling to the east of Baghdad.

To the west of Baghdad, an attack by missile shelling resulted in burning one American truck. Several Iraqis gathered around the truck commended "long live" for the Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sader.

To the east of the capital Baghdad, one explosive went off inside a tunnel, meters from the UN complex which was targeted by last year's attack.

Three Iraqis from one family were killed on Wednesday evening and other five injured as one shell fell at a house in the Chinese area of Beji district to the north of Baghdad.

More activity:
http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/040430/2004043001.html

notice this is not news from a US source. The US sources will probably leak this out in dribs and drabs over the next several days

[Just Me]

1. Another 12 soldiers and only God knows how many innocent Iraqis

dead in a day.

Good Lord.

[markses]

3. It is not another 12

This story refers to the 10 killed yesterday that we already knew about.

However, the article does not refer to the 2 US Marines killed today outside Fallujah.

[markses]

2. 10 of the twelve have already been reported in the US media

All these occured yesterday. The distinctions are as follows:

US Media says 8 1AD soldiers died in car bombing
Arabicnews says 9 were killed.

US media says 1 1st Cavalry Division soldier was killed in shelling in Baquba
Arabic news says 2 soldiers were killed in Baquba shelling.

That accounts for the different numbers: 10 rather than twelve.

[Robbien]

5. Thanks.

So glad these are not additional deaths.

[TrogL]

4. It's not a withdrawal, it's a retreat

Let's call a spade a spade.

[bemildred]

8. Bullshit, it's a "repositioning".

Kimmett the frog says so.

[Joanne98]

6. There's a Chinese area?

This is a feeding frenzy. When all the vultures are done there won't be anything left.

[Ironpost]

7. you reckon

that maybe cowboy wants numbers. just wondering