Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Bombings, shootings continue; Soldiers too

4,000 U.S. soldiers arrive in Baghdad (AP)

Blindfolded detainees sit on the ground at the joint Iraqi U.S. military headquarters in Youssifiyah, 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, May 2, 2007.  56 suspected insurgents were arrested in a joint U.S. and Iraqi army raid in a village west of Youssifiyah. (AP Photo/Haidar Fatehi)AP - Nearly 4,000 American soldiers have arrived in the capital to strengthen the 12-week crackdown aimed at quelling sectarian violence, the U.S. military said Wednesday, as bombings and shootings killed 12 people across the country.

***...continue to arrive. 


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