By : gonbadwetland At : Sun 5 Apr 2009
The American army announced the death of a soldier near the "Tikrit", in addition to the suicide killing in an air strike in the "crown." He said the U.S. Department of Defense - the Pentagon - on its website that the soldier died at a military base near the "Tikrit," the incident does not functions in relation to the hostilities.
The U.S. military launched an investigation into the death of Corporal Devin Bush, a member of the Special Forces battalion task force of the second infantry unit 25, the death toll rises to soldiers, and since the invasion in 2003, to 4262 people.
The statistics prepared by the CNN to mark six years on the war on Iraq, which met March 19 last, has shown - based on data from the Ministry of Defense, "Pentagon", the leadership of the U.S. military in Iraq - 4261 U.S. soldiers killed since the start of the war and until that time.
In the absence of accurate statistics of the number of Iraqi casualties, estimated at about 128 thousand people.
Meanwhile, the U.S. military said the air strike targeted four gunmen while trying to plant a bomb in the "crown", north of Baghdad, which have had, over the past few months, a number of attacks.
The process left a dead air between the militants, believed to be "sons of Iraq" while the other two were wounded, fled the fourth, according to the Pentagon.
Initial investigations showed that one man, at least four fighters were registered in the awakening councils.
Brigadier-General Daniel Bolger, from the leadership of the multinational forces in Baghdad: "We appreciate our brothers the people of Iraq, but these men over the trust and confidence of their associates, and the Iraqi people."
On Sunday, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Saturday that the Baath party and al-Qaeda "Asahoat breached," he at the same time not to abandon these forces that have contributed to the consolidation of security across the fight against extremist groups, according to a "TV".
The armed clashes last week between a group of Iraqi army troops and armed elements of the so-called "awakening councils", near the capital Baghdad, killing a number of dead and wounded.
Military sources said at least two people were killed and 13 others were injured during the clashes which broke out during a joint Iraqi and U.S. forces, Adel al-Mashhadani's arrest, the leader of the "awakening councils", the "credit" of the Sunni-dominated north of Baghdad.
Contributed to the formation of awakening councils and units, also known as "the people of Iraq, which is composed mainly of the Sunni elements of the ruling al-Qaeda, in the maintenance of security in Iraq.
