From various wire agencies-
The number of American military personnel who have died in Iraq since the 2003 invasion has passed the 3,500 mark after a soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad.
The grim milestone came as at least 32 people were killed in three separate attacks throughout the country this morning. The US military continues to struggle to contain violence in the Iraqi civil war despite raising its total force to 150,000.
In one attack, gunmen stormed the house of Colonel Ali Ahmed, a police chief in Baqouba, north-east of the capital, killing his wife, two brothers and 11 guards.
The attackers also kidnapped his son and two daughters.