U.S. toll in Iraq   Deaths: 810   Wounded: 4,882   SOURCE: Department of Defense as of Wednesday.

KUFA, Iraq - American troops clashed with Shiite militants in this southern city Wednesday - six days after a truce was supposed to have taken effect. At least five Iraqis were killed, and more than 40 were wounded. Another Iraqi was killed and three others were injured as militiamen loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr exchanged fire with American soldiers in Baghdad's Sadr City. No U.S. casualties were reported in either city. In Kufa, several Iraqis said they were wounded when mortar rounds struck their neighborhood. They suspected the Shiite militiamen fired the rounds at the Americans but missed. There have been daily clashes in Kufa since Shiite leaders announced an agreement May 27 by al-Sadr to end a standoff with the Americans here and in nearby Najaf. Both sides agreed to leave the two cities, which contain some of the most sacred Shiite shrines in Iraq, and U.S. commanders promised to end "offensive operations" there. But U.S forces have insisted on their right to patrol Kufa - a move the Shiite militia claims is a provocation. Also in the capital, two car bombs killed at least six people and wounded 33, including five children. It was the third straight day of vehicle bombings in Baghdad, raising fears of more violence ahead of the June 30 transfer of power to Iraqis by the U.S. occupation authority. West of Baghdad, Sunni Muslim insurgents fired mortars at a police station in a suburb of Fallujah, killing an Iraqi civilian and wounding a U.S. Marine and two other people. U.S. toll in Iraq

 

Deaths: 810

 

Wounded: 4,882 SOURCE: Department of Defense as of Wednesday.