July 11: Several round of mortar and rocket attack in the Green Zone area that houses the Iraqi government, US and British embassy killed three and leave 18 injured. The incident occurred at around 5.30 p.m. local time on Tuesday.
Among the causalities one is identified as US military personnel and other two are Iraqi nationals. This is the report produced by the US Embassy that also confirmed eight other Americans wounded among the 18. Official report confirmed that around 30 round rocket and mortars have been fired that cause heavy damage in the region.
In another incident, in southern Samarra a group of masked militant open fired on a police check point resulted in the death of five police men and injured three others.
Soon after both these incidents the US military carried out raids in several places and has arrested 17 suspect militants.
The Green Zone is the highly equipped area with round the clock security service both by US military and Iraqi security forces but has been attacked on daily basis. So far during the month of June around 30 US soldiers have killed in the repeated attacks.
The area around Green Zone is dominated by anti-American Shiite who are engaged in insurgent activities on a daily basis. Several suicidal attacks have also killed many civilians in the last couple of months.
The Shiia and Sunni conflict in the region is intensifying day by day that increased the number of US soldier causalities and civilians as well. But US President George W Bush has defended his strategy in Iraq and dismissed the Republican demand of withdrawing troops by saying that it is the US general in Iraq who can decide the level of troops in Iraq and not our politicians.
Meanwhile British government has expressed its concern for reducing troops in the coming months but only as soon as the Iraqi army able to control larger region.
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