Three US troops killed in Iraq fighting
Iraq-USA, Military, 12/16/2006

Three more US troops died in fighting this week, the military said, raising to 54 the number of Americans killed in Iraq in December, nearly half of them in al-Anbar.

The month is shaping up to be one of the deadliest for Americans since the war started, especially for those trying to tame the Sunni-led insurgency in the volatile province west of Baghdad.

At least 25 of the US troops killed this month in the vast stretch of desert that extends from the capital to the borders with Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

Three US aircraft also went down in a span of two weeks, starting with the crash of a fighter jet on November 27.

The large number of casualties reflects the strength of Sunni insurgents, including al-Qaida in Iraq, in the region, even as violence in Baghdad shifts to a fight between Sunni and Shiites.

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