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Thursday 29 April 2004, 10:32 Makka Time, 7:32 GMT

The US military is now losing soldiers on a daily basis

Eight US soldiers were killed and four more wounded when a car bomb destroyed their convoy in a southern suburb of Baghdad.

Some 734 US soldiers have died in Iraq since March 2003, with around 4000 reported injured.

Spiralling costs

With occupation forces involved in fierce fighting in Falluja and Najaf and suffering repeated attacks in the capital, Washington has rushed more tanks and other armoured vehicles to Iraq.

US congressional committees have also been forced to provide the Pentagon with up to $50 billion in emergency money for military operations in Iraq before the election.

Der geplante Abzug aus Falludscha ist dann auch allzu gut verständlich und nicht nur eine Frage der Cleverness, die"Befriedung" irakischen Soldaten unter einem Ex-General Saddams zu überlassen.
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