4 Iraqis, One U.S. Soldier Killed In Baghdad

BAGHDAD, December 5 – At least four Iraqis were killed and 15 wounded in an explosion in a crowded shopping street near a mosque in south Baghdad Friday, December 5.

Also, a U.S. soldier was killed Friday in the Iraqi capital when an improvised explosive device (IED) hit his vehicle, in what appeared to be the same blast at about the same time on a crowded shopping street in New Baghdad.