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* Suicide bomber kills “some” American soldiers at military checkpoint in Baghdad.
* US special forces, Army troops join Kurdish fighters in Kirkuk after Turkey says permanent Kurdish force there would be “unacceptable”
* Shia leader Abdul Majid al-Khoei and aide assassinated in Najaf.
* US troops fight diehard Saddam supporters in Baghdad
* No major damage to Kirkuk oilfields visible from distance, one oil well burning
* US - 106 killed, 11 missing
* Britain - 30 killed
* Iraqi military - More than 2,320, according to US military. Iraq has given no figures for its military losses
* Iraqi civilians (Iraqi estimates as of April 3) - 1,252 killed, 5,103 wounded
BAGHDAD:
US troops patrol the city meeting sporadic resistance from troops loyal to Saddam and non-Iraqi fighters; US Marine killed in fierce fighting around mosque where senior Iraqi leaders believed to be holed up. Suicide bomber kills “some” American soldiers at a military checkpoint in Baghdad, US officer says
Air strikes rock Saddam’s hometown of Tikrit. Kurds seize Khanaqin near Iranian border. Kurdish fighters pour into heart of oil-rich Kirkuk.—Reuters
