A fierce battle in central Baghdad on Tuesday left four Iraqi soldiers dead, 16 US soldiers wounded and a US helicopter damaged by ground fire.
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In other news, the US military announced the deaths of four more soldiers - three killed by a roadside bomb and secondary explosion in southeastern Baghdad and a fourth in combat in Iraq's western Anbar province.
The roadside bomb victims had been conducting raids against anti-government fighters in the area, and had recently captured five suspects, the military said in a statement.
Mr. Pence's analogy still isn't selling me on any trips to Indiana. As a completely related aside, Indiana has lost its fair share of people -- 63 American soldiers from Indiana have been killed so far in Iraq. Considered in proportion to its population, this is comparable to the 341 soldiers lost from California. I'm guessing all of them would have been safer back at home.
Casualty tally taken from the icasualties.org "By State" index.