An American soldier died when Iraqi fighters shelled a military base in the northern city of Mosul on Friday. Four mortar shells slammed a 101st Airborne Division base in Mosul. Attacks by Iraqi resistance on U.S. troops in Mosul have increased in recent weeks.
In Baghdad, an explosion slightly damaged a highway overpass, and the military said that
Another soldier died Thursday from a gunshot wound inside the heavily fortified base in Ramadi, 100 kilometers west of Baghdad.
More than 60 U.S. soldiers were killed in attacks during November, more than any other month since the end of major combat in Iraq on May 1.
In Baghdad, hundreds of Iraqis demonstrated against "terrorism" and condemned Saddam Hussein at a rally on a downtown square. The protest occurred in Firdos Square, where a large bronze statue of Saddam was toppled by Iraqis and U.S. Marines on April 9 after the fall of Baghdad in the U.S.-led invasion, The Ap reported. The demonstration was organized by a handful of Iraqi political parties, none of which are members of the U.S.-appointed governing council. (Albawaba.com)
