[news] Attacks on U.S. Forces Soared at End of March

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

By Sudarsan Raghavan - Washington Post

U.S. forces bore the brunt of...attacks [at the end of March], suggesting that they were taking the lead combat role in many areas or were perceived by **Mahdi Army** fighters to be taking the lead...American soldiers were involved in battles and were being targeted with roadside bombs, rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons in many Shiite enclaves of Baghdad [reports say]...[S]ome Mahdi Army commanders and fighters said they saw the Basra offensive as an opportunity to attack U.S. troops in Baghdad after nearly a year of standing down under [Muqtada al-Sadr's] orders.  


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