Casualty Count

A suicide car bomber killed at least 13 Iraqi soldiers and wounded dozens more people in Iraq's north on Sunday...Police said at least 13 Iraqi soldiers were killed and 42 people wounded — 30 soldiers and 12 civilians — in the attack. Mosul

The son of a Centerville man was killed in Iraq Saturday. David Stelmat, 27, was killed when the Humvee he was traveling in was hit by a roadside bomb. Two other soldiers in the humvee died as well.

During his nearly four years as a translator for U.S. forces in Iraq, Saman Kareem Ahmad was known for his bravery and hard work. "Sam put his life on the line with, and for, Coalition Forces on a daily basis," wrote Marine Capt. Trent A. Gibson.

Iraqi security forces battled Shiite gunmen south of Baghdad on Friday, raising tensions among rival factions of the country's majority religious community and straining a seven-month cease-fire proclaimed by the biggest Shiite militia.

A roadside bomb wounded three rubbish collectors in the Adhamiya district of northern Baghdad, police said.

A U.S. airstrike struck checkpoints manned by U.S.-allied Sunni fighters north of Baghdad on Saturday, killing six guards and wounding two, Iraqi police said.

A man in a dusty track suit elbowed his way through the crowd that formed as soon as U.S. soldiers pulled up in this war-damaged village on Baghdad's southern outskirts.

An Iraqi civilian was killed on Saturday and six citizens were wounded, including policemen, when an explosive device targeting a police patrol blew up in Kirkuk, northern Iraq.

Three Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers were killed when an improvised explosive device struck their vehicle during a patrol northwest of Baghdad March 22. Two Iraqi civilians were also killed in the attack.

During the war in Iraq, young Army and Marine captains have become American viceroys, officers with large sectors to run and near-autonomy to do it. In military parlance, they are the “ground-owners.” In practice, they are power brokers.

A mortar round landed in a residential area, wounding four children in the town of Dour near Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

Sgt. Gregory D. Unruh, 28, of Dickinson, Texas, died March 19 in Mandali, Iraq, of injuries suffered in a vehicle accident. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.

A Coalition force Soldier was killed from wounds sustained from indirect fire south of Baghdad March 21. Four Soldiers were also wounded in the attack.

Mehdi Army fighters attacked police patrols in southern Baghdad overnight, police said on Friday, further fraying a seven-month-old ceasefire called by Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to rein in his militia.

THE success of the US "surge" strategy in Iraq may be under threat as Sunni militias employed by the US to fight al-Qaeda are warning of a national strike because they are not being paid regularly.

Iraqi security forces are clashing with Shiite militia fighters southeast of Baghdad for a second day. Iraqi officials said Friday that at least two police officers and two gunmen had died in the fighting in the city of Kut.

Gen. Mohan al-Furayji, the Iraqi commander in charge of security in the south of Iraq, has warned his troops they must prepare for the final battle to defeat the Shia militias terrorising Basra.

Top U.S. military leaders on March 20 presented Defense Secretary Robert Gates with their strategy for future force levels in Iraq, including expected recommendations for a pause in troop cuts for as much as six weeks later this summer.

A policeman's body was found with gunshot wounds on Thursday, hours after his abduction in southeastern Mosul, police said.

An improvised explosive device detonated on the Karadah Peninsula in the Rusafa district of eastern Baghdad March 19. Initial reports indicate a Ministry of Interior official was killed and a civilian was wounded in the attack.