Six U.S. Soldiers Die in Iraq; Shiites Head to Najaf to Protest

April 9, 2007

Dear list members,

Attached is a story concerning further setbacks for the US military in

Iraq. Six US troops have been killed and tens of thousands of Shiite

muslims are now gathering in Baghdad to redouble their resistance to

US occupation of Iraq. This development is in line with predictions

made on the basis of the SAMVA USA chart.

Best wishes,

Thor

Six U.S. Soldiers Die in Iraq; Shiites Head to Najaf to Protest

By Aaron Sheldrick

April 9 (Bloomberg) -- Six American soldiers were killed in attacks in

Iraq, the military said, as Shiites gathered to mark the fourth

anniversary of the fall of Baghdad amid calls for more attacks on U.S.

forces.

Three Multi-National Division - Center soldiers were killed yesterday

south of Baghdad when a roadside bomb went off near the vehicle they

were traveling in and three others died in attacks around the country,

the U.S. military said in separate statements, e-mailed late from the

Iraqi capital. The names of the deceased are being withheld until

their next of kin are notified.

Thousands of Shiites headed for the city of Najaf today for an

anti-American rally to mark the fall of Saddam Hussein, responding to

a call from the cleric Moqtada al-Sadr who urged Iraq's army to unite

with his militias against the U.S. military, the New York Times

reported today. The U.S. force build-up in Iraq has shown little sign

of success, the Times reported in a separate article.

Sadr's call came after the U.S. used jets to attack Shiite militiamen

in ad Diwaniyah, south-southwest of Baghdad, the Times said. At least

seven Iraqis were killed, it said.

``The strife that is taking place in Diwaniya was planned by the

occupier to drag down the brothers and make them quarrel, fight and

even kill each other,'' Sadr was cited as saying in a written

statement. ``Oh my brothers in the Mahdi Army and my brothers in the

security forces, stop fighting and killing because that is what our

enemy and your enemy and even God's enemy hope for.''

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