Five U.S. soldiers die in attack

From the AP via the Houston Chronicle:

Iraqi insurgents detonated a car bomb and then hammered a military headquarters in the city of Samarra with a mortar barrage Thursday, leveling the building and killing five U.S. soldiers and one Iraqi guardsman, the U.S. military said.

American troops -- backed by attack helicopters -- then fanned out through the city to hunt down the attackers in clashes that lasted into the late afternoon. Tanks deployed in the streets; smoke rose above a mosque.

The violence also killed three civilians, medical officials said. As many as 44 people were wounded, including 20 American soldiers and four Iraqi guardsmen, the military and hospital officials said.

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The insurgency continues, and it's my bet that it's going to continue for a long time to come. Clearly, the only way to end this is to withdraw all US troops now--at this point, only a peace-keeping force comprised of soldiers from Muslim nations under a UN mandate can do the job of restoring stability to Iraq. Why don't people understand this? The reason there is an insurgency is because invaders still occupy Iraq. This isn't rocket science: bring the boys back home.

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