WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Roadside bombings, mortar attacks, angry demonstrations -- that's what some American men and women in uniform face every day in Iraq, and the violence seems to be escalating. Today, three more U.S. troops were killed, even more were wounded. Let's go right to our Baghdad bureau chief, Jane Arraf. She's standing by live. Jane -- tell us what happened today.</s>JANE ARRAF, CNN BAGHDAD BUREAU CHIEF: Wolf, it's a grim day. Overnight Thursday and into Friday, as you mentioned, three American soldiers killed and 17 wounded in just three of multiple incidents, attacks on U.S. attacks. Now, one of those, a soldier from the 101st Airborne, was shot dead as he was guarding a grain silo very early this morning in the city of Mosul. The other ones were mortar attacks. In one mortar attack, two American soldiers die and four wounded in Samarra. That's north of Baghdad. And in yet another one, 13 American soldiers were wounded, when mortars were fired on their base in Baquba (ph). Now, this is all part of what appears to be an escalating total of incidents. We had started off a few weeks ago with an average of something like 15 attacks a day. That has reached a high of more than 30. We don't want to imply that the entire country is up in flames or under constant attack, but certainly it is a worrying sign for the U.S. forces here on the ground -- Wolf.</s>BLITZER: CNN's Jane Arraf on the scene for us in Baghdad. Jane, thanks very much. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.
Three U.S. Soldiers Dead in Two Separate Attacks