One-Day Toll in Iraq Combat Is Highest for U.S. in Months - washingtonpost.com
One-Day Toll in Iraq Combat Is Highest for U.S. in Months - washingtonpost.com: "Thursday, October 19, 2006; 9:30 AM
BAGHDAD, Oct. 19 -- A roadside bombing and other attacks killed 10 American troops across Iraq on Tuesday, the U.S. military reported Wednesday, making it the deadliest day of combat for U.S. forces in 10 months.
The one-day toll, part of what the U.S. military has said is a 43 percent increase in attacks on U.S. and Iraqi forces in the capital since midsummer, occurred as casualties among Iraqi troops and civilians are soaring far higher than at any previous time in the war, according to U.S. and Iraqi tallies.
Thursday morning, a suicide attacker drove an oil tanker into the Abu Tammam police station in Mosul, collapsing part of the building, triggering a huge fireball and killing 12 people"
