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More than 20 U.S. soldiers die in
Iraq
Lethal reception for U.S. strategy
WASHINGTON, January 21.— The deaths of another 20
U.S. soldiers this weekend was coupled with the
arrival in Baghdad of more than 3,000 troops sent by
President George W. Bush as part of his new strategy
to neutralize the Iraqi resistance.
On
one of the most fatal days for U.S. forces since the
aggression began in March 2003, 13 soldiers died
when a helicopter was brought down, reported The
New York Times daily.
Iraqi officials interviewed by the daily stated that
the helicopter had been shot down by the resistance.
In
several separate clashes, another seven soldiers
were killed.
This
high number of casualties is only exceeded by the 37
soldiers who died on January 26, 2005.
Coinciding with the arrival of new U.S.
reinforcements was the death of a British soldier
who died during a bomb explosion close to Basra in
the south of the country.
The
arrival of new units in Iraq comes at a time when
opposition is growing in Congress to the Bush
government’s decision to send 20,000-plus additional
troops to the Arab nation.
According to analysts, the start of Bush’s new
strategy to create a climate of security in Baghdad
in not very promising.
Meanwhile, analysts predict that the worst is still
to come in Iraq and that 2007 will be a terrible
year.
Translated by Granma International |
