10 US Service Personnel Killed in Iraq
06 December 2006
The U.S. military says 10 U.S. service personnel were killed in four separate incidents in Iraq Wednesday.
The deaths are among the highest toll for U.S. troops in Iraq in recent months, and occurred on the same day a bipartisan U.S. panel recommended that the U.S. military change its primary mission in Iraq from combat to support.
Earlier Wednesday, the U.S. military said a roadside bomb killed 15 people and wounded 25 others in central Baghdad.
Elsewhere in Baghdad, officials say a suicide bomber killed at least three people and wounded 12 others on a minibus in the Sadr City district.
In the town of Iskandariya, south of Baghdad, police say one person died and three others were wounded when a bomb exploded in a shop.
Also Wednesday, the U.S. military said coalition forces killed one suspected terrorist and detained another during an early morning raid near the town of Khanaqin, northeast of the capital.
Tuesday, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki proposed holding a national reconciliation conference to discuss his country's political and security crisis. Mr. Maliki said the government also will send envoys to neighboring countries to solicit their help in stabilizing Iraq.
The White House responded by calling it a good idea for Iraq to reach out to its neighbors.
Some information for this report provided by AP and Reuters.
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