Six soldiers have died so far in the space of a week. Five soldiers were killed while another died in a road side bombing in Tikrit, Baghdad. However, 90 soldiers have been killed in May, but April was the worst month of this year for the U.S military which was 104 soldiers. The total death toll for the U.S troops since the invasion in Iraq is 3,440.
President Bush, however told a news conference in washington that "he expected heavy fighting in Iraq in the weeks and months ahead.