| The U.S. military in Iraq says coalition | | | | In other developments, the British Ministry |
| forces have killed 30 terrorists in raids in | | | | of Defense said (today / Wednesday) a British |
| Baghdad's Shi'ite Sadr City neighborhood. | | | | soldier was killed Tuesday in the southern |
| | | | Iraqi port city of Basra. |
| A military statement said troops also | | | | |
| detained 12 suspects in Wednesday's | | | | The USA Today report published Wednesday says |
| operations aimed at what the military called | | | | the emergency funding request will allow the |
| a "Special Groups" terrorist network known | | | | military to fly many of the Mine Resistant |
| for smuggling armor-piercing explosive | | | | Ambush Protected vehicles - or MRAPs - |
| devises (EFPs) from Iran. | | | | directly to troops rather than send them by |
| | | | ship, which takes weeks. |
| The military says the network is also | | | | |
| involved in moving militants from Iraq to | | | | According to the report, the head of the |
| Iran for training. | | | | Pentagon's MRAP task force, John Young, says |
| | | | as many as 35-hundred vehicles could be sent |
| U.S. officials have accused Iran of providing | | | | to Iraq by end of the year. |
| support for Shi'ite militants in Iraq. Tehran | | | | |
| denies the charge. | | | | U.S. officials have said most of the vehicles |
| | | | American troops in Iraq currently use are |
| In Washington, USA Today newspaper says the | | | | vulnerable to armor-piercing roadside bombs |
| defense department has asked Congress for | | | | (EFPs). |
| nearly $750 million to airlift new armored | | | | |
| vehicles to U.S. troops facing roadside bombs | | | | Some information for this report was provided |
| in Iraq. | | | | by AFP, AP and Reuters. |
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