BAGHDAD (AP) — Suicide bombers killed 17 people — including two American soldiers — and wounded more than 100 in a string of blasts in two Iraqi cities Thursday as a timetable for withdrawing all U.S. troops won final government approval. The brazen attacks in areas where the U.S. military has struggled for years to maintain order raised questions about Iraq’s ability to ensure its own security as the U.S. scales down its own combat role under the newly ratified U.S.-Iraqi security pact, which calls for an American withdrawal within three years. —-Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Wave of suicide attacks kills 2 US soldiers, wounds more than 100
By The Associated Press
December 4, 2008