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A military official said two U.S. troops died and 17 were wounded in the attack on the Green Zone', which houses the U.S. Embassy and the Iraqi government headquarters in central Baghdad. Another American service member was killed and 14 were wounded in the attack on a base in the southeastern Baghdad area of Rustamiyah, the official said, speaking on " condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to release the inf ormatioa The U.S. military said separately that an American soldier was killed Sunday in a roadside bombing in the volatile Diyala province north of Baghdad. A U.S. soldier assigned to the division operating south of the capital also died Sunday from related injuries, according to a statement. The deaths raised to at least 4,018 members of the U.S. military who have died since the Iraq war started in March 2003, according to an Associ- ated Press count. A senior U.S. military official, also declining to be identified for the same reason, said the rockets were fired at the Green Zone from Sadr City, , non-comb- 373-645- 344-294- FAX ' d Street address: 1555 N. Freedom Blvd., Provo, UT Send mail to: P.O. Box 717. Provo, UT 846030717 Exetutiw Editor ASSOCIATED 801-344-25- Toll free 8XW80S075 FAX 375-510- Monday, April 7, 2008 DAILY HERALD 6 356-301- 2 The Daily Herald (ISSN 0891-277USPS 143-060- ) is published mornings, Sunday through Saturday, by Lee Publications, a division of Lee Enterprises, Inc., ,1555 N. Freedom Blvd., Provo, Utah 84604. Periodicals postage paid at Provo,: Utah. j k, 1 if 3 '" KARIM People cross a street in the ShiHe enclave mortar shells came from another predominantly Shiite neighborhood in eastern Baghdad, New Baghdad. U.S. commanders have blamed what they call Iranian-backe- d rogue militia groups for launching missiles against American forces. The strikes occurred despite a strong push by the U.S. military to prevent militants from using suspected launching sites on the southern edge of Sadr City, the Baghdad stronghold of the Mahdi Army of anti-U.cleric Muqtada Fierce fighting erupted in Sadr City earlier Sunday after Iraqi troops backed by U.S. soldiers and attack helicopters tried to advance deeper into the enclave of some 2.5 million ofSodrdty in Baghdad, onFriday. cities in the Shiite south The cleric stopped short of asking his fighters to surrender their weapons, and sporadic clashes while the . have continued. The inability of the Iraqi security forces to curb the militias has cast doubt on their ability to take over their own security two days before the top American officials in Iraq Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker are to brief Congress on the prospects for further reductions in the U.S. troop presence in Iraq. has called for a Al-Sa- "million-strong- anti-U.- dem- onstration on Wednesday in Baghdad to protest the fifth anniversary of the capture of the Iraqi capital by invading U.S. troops. At the edge of Sadr City, Lt. people. CoL Dan Barnett, the commandAmerican helicopters also fired Hellf ire missiles that er of the 1st Squadron, 2nd and vehicle killed a destroyed Stryker Cavalry Regiment, said nine militants who were atIraqi forces had come under sustained fire overnight after tacking Iraqi security forces with grenades establishing checkpoints deeper in the area, the military said in into the Shiite district. a statement. "They're working to estabThe surge in violence came lish control," he said, speaking as tensions, rose in Shiite areas to a small group of reporters cease-fir- e as heavy gunfire resounded despite base. order issued March 30 that outside a joint eased nearly a week of clashes Mortar shells also fell on a in Baghdad, Basra and other popular commercial area in the rocket-propelle- U.S.-Ira- qi m I 1 4 l KADIMAssoclated Press ; ; Jamila neighborhood, setting ' a fire that burned some 100 the to Bagh-- ; shops, according dad military command. It said fire fighters came under heavy gunfire that slowed their efforts to extinguish the flames.' A local fire official, who declined to be identified because he wasnt supposed to discuss the issue, said the mortars had been aimed at a police station but fell short. That report could not be independently verified. ? Last week, Prime Minister himself a Shiite, Nouri ordered a nationwide freeze on Iraqi raids against Shiite militants, bowing to demands who had hinted at reby taliation if Iraqi security forces continue to arrest his followers. U.S. commanders said they will fight back to maintain control of a swath of territory on the southern edge of Sadr Cfty that has been used as a launching site for rockets aimed at the Green Zone, which has come under steady fire since the current tensions began. "Where we have criminal elements that are threatening the security and peace of the people of Iraq, we take action," said Maj. Gen. Jeff ery Hammond, the top commander of U.S. forces in Baghdad. The Iraqi government has relaxed security measures Saturday around the Mahdi Army strongholds of Sadr City and the Shula neighborhood, allowing trucks carrying maintenance teams, food, oil products and ambulances into the areas that still face a vehicle ban despite the lifting of a citywide curfew. d " (T c z o o o (1 0 rv Tl r' r ; |