Today in Iraq

Oh yeah, things are just going swimmingly


Today in Iraq:

"Bring 'em on: Four U.S. Marines were reported killed in fighting west of Baghdad, bringing the U.S. death toll for this month to 47, compared with 31 for all of March.

Bring 'em on: Car apparently driven by suicide bomber explodes in front of a U.S. observation post in central Iraq, sending up a huge fireball and damaging buildings and cars on a main road. There were no reports of U.S. casualties. The bombing was part of a coordinated attack by insurgents, who fired mortars and RPG's at several sites occupied by Marines in the center of the city. The Marines fired back, and a U.S. Army tank blew off chunks of a mosque minaret.

Bring 'em on: About 50 insurgents mounted a brazen attack on Iraqi forces in Baghdad on Monday, prompting U.S. troops to provide support in a battle that lasted seven hours, a U.S. military spokesman said."