Post by Salem6 on Dec 28, 2003 19:10:32 GMT
Two more American soldiers have been killed in separate attacks in Iraq.
The first occurred in Baghdad, when an explosion killed a US soldier and two Iraqi children.
Bulgaria said it would keep its troops in Iraq despite Saturday's attack
In the second attack, a US soldier was killed and three others wounded when their patrol was blown up near the town of Falluja, west of Baghdad.
Meanwhile, five more Iraqis and a Bulgarian soldier have died of their injuries following Saturday's attacks in Karbala, which initially killed 13.
Elsewhere, a leading Kurdish security official in northern Iraq was injured, and three of his bodyguards killed, when gunmen opened fire on him.
He was named as the deputy security chief of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Major-General Jawamir Attiyah Kaki.
Attacks decreasing
Both attacks on US soldiers came when improvised roadside explosive devices were detonated as convoys were passing.
In Baghdad, a convoy of the US 2nd Armoured Cavalry Regiment was blown up in the crowded Karrada district.
The bomb also injured five more US soldiers, their Iraqi interpreter and eight Iraqi civil defence personnel.
Later, troops from the 82nd Airborne Division were hit near Falluja, in the volatile "Sunni triangle" where resistance to coalition troops has been concentrated.
On Saturday, a number of almost simultaneous attacks with car bombs were staged in Karbala, targeting coalition military installations and a municipal building.
The initial death toll of 13 included four Bulgarian and two Thai soldiers serving with coalition forces.
But the BBC's Chris Hogg in Baghdad says attacks against coalition forces have been falling. There are now around 15 daily throughout Iraq, down from a peak of around 40 a day in November.
The leaders of Bulgaria and Thailand have said they will keep their troops in Iraq, despite Saturday's losses.
The Bulgarian President, Georgi Parvanov, said the casualties must not reduce his country's support for international efforts against terrorism.
The Thai Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, said Thailand would continue to work for humanitarian ends in Iraq, despite criticism of the deployment by Thai opposition politicians.
'Final closure'
Earlier on Sunday, the US-led coalition put a $1m bounty on the heads of a dozen of the "most wanted" Iraqis still at large.
Officials said 42 of the 55 on the list had been captured or killed.
Iraqi security and coalition forces hoped the new rewards would "bring a final closure to this search," the officials added.
A $10m reward has been offered for the capture of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the man the US suspects of masterminding many attacks on coalition forces.
The images of the wanted Iraqi fugitives appear on a deck of cards of prepared by US intelligence before the March invasion to assist in the capture of Saddam Hussein's top officials.
The wanted men include the chief of the Republican Guard, the director of the Iraqi intelligence service and the man in charge of Saddam Hussein's bodyguards.
The administration is offering smaller rewards - which range from $2,500 to $250,00 - for help capturing others thought to be involved in attacks on coalition forces.
The first occurred in Baghdad, when an explosion killed a US soldier and two Iraqi children.
Bulgaria said it would keep its troops in Iraq despite Saturday's attack
In the second attack, a US soldier was killed and three others wounded when their patrol was blown up near the town of Falluja, west of Baghdad.
Meanwhile, five more Iraqis and a Bulgarian soldier have died of their injuries following Saturday's attacks in Karbala, which initially killed 13.
Elsewhere, a leading Kurdish security official in northern Iraq was injured, and three of his bodyguards killed, when gunmen opened fire on him.
He was named as the deputy security chief of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Major-General Jawamir Attiyah Kaki.
Attacks decreasing
Both attacks on US soldiers came when improvised roadside explosive devices were detonated as convoys were passing.
In Baghdad, a convoy of the US 2nd Armoured Cavalry Regiment was blown up in the crowded Karrada district.
The bomb also injured five more US soldiers, their Iraqi interpreter and eight Iraqi civil defence personnel.
Later, troops from the 82nd Airborne Division were hit near Falluja, in the volatile "Sunni triangle" where resistance to coalition troops has been concentrated.
On Saturday, a number of almost simultaneous attacks with car bombs were staged in Karbala, targeting coalition military installations and a municipal building.
The initial death toll of 13 included four Bulgarian and two Thai soldiers serving with coalition forces.
But the BBC's Chris Hogg in Baghdad says attacks against coalition forces have been falling. There are now around 15 daily throughout Iraq, down from a peak of around 40 a day in November.
The leaders of Bulgaria and Thailand have said they will keep their troops in Iraq, despite Saturday's losses.
The Bulgarian President, Georgi Parvanov, said the casualties must not reduce his country's support for international efforts against terrorism.
The Thai Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, said Thailand would continue to work for humanitarian ends in Iraq, despite criticism of the deployment by Thai opposition politicians.
'Final closure'
Earlier on Sunday, the US-led coalition put a $1m bounty on the heads of a dozen of the "most wanted" Iraqis still at large.
Officials said 42 of the 55 on the list had been captured or killed.
Iraqi security and coalition forces hoped the new rewards would "bring a final closure to this search," the officials added.
A $10m reward has been offered for the capture of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the man the US suspects of masterminding many attacks on coalition forces.
The images of the wanted Iraqi fugitives appear on a deck of cards of prepared by US intelligence before the March invasion to assist in the capture of Saddam Hussein's top officials.
The wanted men include the chief of the Republican Guard, the director of the Iraqi intelligence service and the man in charge of Saddam Hussein's bodyguards.
The administration is offering smaller rewards - which range from $2,500 to $250,00 - for help capturing others thought to be involved in attacks on coalition forces.