IRAQ: U.S. casualty identified

Army Sgt. Victor M. Cota, 33, of Tucson, Ariz., died Wednesday in Baghdad of wounds suffered Tuesday when his vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Kadamiyah, Iraq, the Defense Department has announced. He was assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, Ft. Hood, Texas. At least 4,077 U.S. military personnel have died since the invasion of Iraq in March 2003.