While The Diyala Insurgents Have Been Striking At American

Sixteen americans have died already this year mostly north of baghdad and sunni militants have carried out devastating attacks in diyala against sunni militiamen who recently joined forces with american troops. While the diyala insurgents have been striking at american soldiers and their sunni militia allies the commander of american ground troops in northern iraq acknowledged on wednesday that many of the militants who were the focus of the new offensive had fled in advance possibly after being tipped off. Encountering insurgent booby traps but few evident insurgents troops in armored stryker units advanced through the diyala river valley on wednesday during the second day of the offensive. Warplanes destroyed it with bombs. Six of the american soldiers were killed wednesday at an unspecified location in diyala in part of the offensive when insurgents detonated a large bomb hidden in a house. I’m sure there’s active leaking of communication” said the northern commander maj.