Iraq: At least 11 killed as US occupation grinds on:

"It would be some time before I fully realized that the United States sees little need for diplomacy. Power is enough. Only the weak rely on diplomacy ... The Roman Empire had no need for diplomacy. Nor does the United States."

Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq "1,267,401

Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America'sWar On Iraq 4,176

The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs $558,510,655,218
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BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier died of his wounds after coming under small arms fire in northern Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - A parked car bomb killed two people and wounded four others by the national theatre in central Baghdad's Karrada district, police said.

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi army killed two militants, including a Syrian fighter, and arrested two other foreign fighters, from Syria and Yemen, in Abu Ghraib, just west of Baghdad, a security source said.

ISKANDARIYA - Iraqi soldiers and police arrested 25 suspected Shi'ite militants in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen stormed a coffee shop and shot dead one of its employees on Monday in central Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - A body of a woman was found with gunshot wounds to her head on Monday in eastern Mosul, police said.

BAGHDAD - One body was found with gunshot wounds in Baghdad on Monday, police said.

BAGHDAD - Several mortar bombs wounded five people on Monday in the district of Hurriya in northwestern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Three people were wounded by mortar bombs in Ghazaliya district in western Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces detained 11 militants on Monday and Tuesday during operations targeting al Qaeda in Iraq in and around Baghdad and Mosul, the U.S. military said.