BREAKING NEWS: 4 US SOLDIERS, 40 IRAQIS KILLED; 107 IRAQIS WOUNDED

As General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker windup their testimony on Capitol Hill Wednesday, 4 US soldiers were KILLED in Baghdad as well as 40 Iraqis. There were also 107 Iraqis wounded.

Petraeus and Crocker continue to say the US has to "stay the course" but at the rate US soldiers are getting KILLED IN IRAQ it is only a matter of time until the mainstream media are going to have to wake up to the slaughter of US troops and Iraqi citizens.

Baghdad is in total chaos and violence and death are sweeping across Iraq as this report indicates. The carnage is getting worse by the minute in Baghdad and all across Iraq and still you have LIARS like are seen on FOX NEWS claiming everything is going wonderfully in Iraq and the "surge" is a success.

How long is the American public going to put up with this devastation of young American lives?

Editorial comment by BILL CORCORAN, editor of CORKSPHERE


Wednesday: 4 U.S. Soldiers, 40 Iraqis Killed; 107 Iraqis Wounded
Updated at 3:10 p.m. EDT, April 9, 2008

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On the fifth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad to U.S. forces, Iraqi authorities placed curfews on the capital and other cities in order to prevent anti-American activities and protests. At least 40 Iraqis were killed and another 107 were wounded in the latest violence. Also, four American soldiers were killed in separate incidents.

An IED attack left one American soldier dead east of Baghdad yesterday. The DOD reported that a GI died in an RPG attack on Monday, and another soldier died in an IED attack on Sunday. Also, an American soldier died from non-combat-related wounded today.

In Baghdad, Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called off his million-strong march due because of potential violence from Iraqi security personnel against unarmed demonstrators.

A curfew is in effect and visitors are being turned away from Baghdad.

In Sadr City, at least 20 people were killed and 78 were wounded during attacks. Shelling left seven dead, including children, and 27 wounded.

Also in Sadr City, an unmanned U.S. drone killed two gunmen. Another seven killed and 36 were wounded wounded when mortars fell in a nearby residential area. Mortars struck in Ghadeer and the Green Zone as well.


In Mosul, two people were killed and 10 were wounded during a car bombing.

Three gunmen were killed during security operations in Mahmudiya.

Four Iraqi security personnel were killed and 19 were wounded during operation here and in Baghdad.

A woman and her four sons were killed during a mortar attack in Dhuluiya.

Near Kirkuk, police recovered a body bearing gunshot wounds and handcuffs. At least one other dumped body was found, and a civilian was shot to death.

In Fallujah, the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) was able to hold a peaceful demonstration against the occupation.
U.S. troops destroyed a suspected al-Qaeda training camp north of Baghdad and an IED factory in Diyala province.

In al-Ghatoun, mortars killed a woman and two children.

Compiled by Margaret Griffis