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U.S. forces announced on Wednesday that five more American soldiers
had died, raising the toll to 16 since an upsurge of fighting began on
Sunday. Rockets or mortars, which U.S. forces say are mainly fired
from Sadr City, hit the Green Zone compound but caused no injuries,
the U.S. embassy said.



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Baghdad violence spirals higher despite clampdown

By Ahmed Rasheed and Wisam Mohammed

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Twenty-three people were killed and 83 injured in
Baghdad's Shi'ite slum of Sadr City on Wednesday, security sources
said, despite vehicle bans aimed at preventing unrest from spreading
on the fifth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad.

Up to 73 people have died in Sadr City since Sunday in battles between
black-masked militia loyal to cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and U.S. and
Iraqi troops.