BAGHDAD, Iraq - Five U.S. soldiers killed in Karbala were among at least 24 Americans were killed in Iraq on Saturday — the third deadliest single day for U.S. troops since the war began in March 2003, and a two-year high.
That total included four soldiers and a Marine killed in the violent Anbar province, whose deaths were announced Sunday.
Saturday’s carnage also included 12 soldiers killed in a Blackhawk helicopter crash northeast of Baghdad and two slain in roadside bombings.
The gunmen who killed five U.S. troops in the Shiite holy city of Karbala wore military uniforms and used vehicles commonly driven by foreign dignitaries — an apparent attempt to impersonate Americans, Iraqi officials said Sunday.
And President George W. Bush wants to escalate this war.
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