In Iraq, at least twenty-two Iraqis and five US troops died Sunday as fighting resumed between US-backed Iraqi forces and Shiite militias loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr. Two US soldiers died in a rocket attack on the Green Zone. Another US soldier died in a separate attack on a military base in Baghdad. The Green Zone has been repeatedly pounded with mortar rounds since Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki launched a crackdown on Shiite militias in Basra last month.