We monthly died in Iraq in 3 years high - New York Times

Baghdad - The US military announced Thursday that three American soldiers were more killed this week, as the deaths at the battle of the forces of the United States in Iraq reached a monthly record not seen since 2008.

The deaths occurred Wednesday in the South of the Iraq, and army shows not details on how they died. A military spokesman confirmed that they were killed by the enemy attack. Recently, the resurgence of the victims has been attributed to rocket or mortar attacks on American bases by Shia militias. Us convoys also come more and more the threat of improvised explosives.

The threat increased against the American troops at the time when the Pentagon began to coordinate a withdrawal of all forces at the end of the year, activists intensification of attacks in order to claim the credit for pushing the Americans led an effort that military, said.

In June, 15 US soldiers were killed, 14 of them in hostile incidents. According to icasualties.org, it was the largest number of deaths in combat since June 2008, when 23 soldiers and sailors were killed.

The largest attack came June 6, when militants fired rockets on victory Base complex, the garrison of vast near Baghdad airport, killing six soldiers. Specifically, Hezbollah, US officials believe a militia is supported by the Iran, claimed the attack.

Last August, President Obama said that the combat of America mission ended in Iraq, and while American forces settled largely in an advisory role to the Iraqi army, they are still in danger, whether they are on their bases or move in convoys. The United States-Iraq security agreement, U.S. forces are severely limited in their ability to act unilaterally to threats, which has intensified anxiety - and anger - among the troops who are under attack, but unable to respond.

This is compounded by the historical reluctance by the Government target Iraqi Shiite militia, many of which are related to officials in or close to the central administration dominated by Shiites.

Iraqi security forces were much more aggressive in targeting Sunni insurgent groups as Al-Qaeda in Iraq, in the launch of operations against Shiite activists.

During this time, the debate continues in Baghdad on the question of whether the Iraqi Government should ask the United States to extend the period of troop and allow some units to stay and continue the training exercises. The United States said he would say yes to such a request, even if it is not known what impact on the most recent attacks - and the troupe of death - would have on this decision.