US encounters guerrilla warfare in Iraq

 

US forces suffer heavy losses Total Fatalities: 610  (updated: April 4) Jan. 8 US helicopter crashed in Iraq, 9 killed Dec.28 One US soldier killed, five wounded by bombs Dec.26 Mortar attack kills two US soldiers in Iraq Dec.25 US soldier killed by roadside bomb in Baghdad Dec.24 Three US soldiers killed in north of Baghdad Dec.13 US soldier killed in bomb blast in Iraq Dec.10 US soldier killed, three wounded in bomb attack Dec.10 US soldier killed at gas station in Mosul Dec. 9 Car bomb blast wounds 31 US soldiers Dec. 9 Accident kills three US troops near Baghdad Dec. 9 US soldier killed in Iraq Dec. 8 US soldier killed in northern Iraq Dec. 5 US soldier, three Iraqis killed in bomb attack Nov.30 2 US soldiers killed in ambush in Iraq Nov.28 US soldier killed in mortar attack in northern Iraq Nov.23 3 US soldiers killed in separate attacks Nov.16 Two US copters crash in N. Iraq, kill 17 Nov.15 US soldier killed, two wounded in Baghdad Nov.14 US civilian contractor killed in northern Iraq: US Nov.13 US soldier killed in action in Baghdad Nov.12 US soldier killed in bomb attack in Iraq Nov.10 US soldier killed in attack in Iraq Nov. 8 2 US soldiers killed in Fallujah Nov. 7 6 killed in US helicopter crash in Iraq Helicopter crashed in Iraq shot down: US Nov. 6 US soldier killed in western Iraq Nov. 5 US soldier killed in ambush south of Baghdad Nov. 4 US compound hit in mortar attack Nov. 2 US helicopter down in Baghdad Death toll rises to 15 in helicopter downing in Iraq	US forces' death toll in Iraq rises to 610          BAGHDAD, April 4 (Xinhuanet) -- The US forces' death toll in Iraq has risen to 610 with seven US soldiers killed Sunday during clashes with Shiite militiamen, known as the Mehdi Army, in the Sadr City near Baghdad.   <<Full Coverage Bush defends situation in Iraq in BBC television interview       LONDON, Nov. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- US President George W. Bush has given a robust defense of the situation in Iraq in a BBC television interview broadcast Sunday, vowing that terrorists would not drive US forces out of Iraq.  <<Full Coverage Bush vows US troops will stay in Iraq           WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- US President George W. Bush on Sunday dismissed the latest purported audio tape by ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein as propaganda and vowed the US troops would leave Iraq until the country's security situation is stabilized. <<Full Coverage ¡¤US troops sweep Baghdad mosque, find weapons cache, detain dozens ¡¤New Year eve bombings in Baghdad highlight security concern in 2004 ¡¤US army steps up operation in Baghdad ¡¤Attacks against US forces in Iraq endanger Bush's re-election ¡¤US rushes to embrace strategy of 'Iraqification' Related: Saddam captured alive