2006, released a report compiled from captured Iraqi intelligence. The report stated that Russia aided Saddam's regime with correct information on the coalition invasion. March 25 – Iraq War 40 people killed or wounded in gun battle near Mahmudiyah. US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said on Saturday, March 25, that militias, many with strong ties to powerful Shiite leaders and well entrenched in security and police forces, are killing more Iraqis than terrorists. March 26–30 beheaded bodies found in Iraq. March 27 – Memo shows US president was firmly set on the path to war two months before the 2003 Iraq invasion. 40 people were killed and 20 others wounded in recruitment centre suicide bomb attack. March 29 – Around 30–40 bodies are being found on the streets of Baghdad every day, morgue officials said. March 30 – Pentagon requests hundreds of millions of dollars in emergency funds for military construction in Iraq. April April 16 – B Squadron, 22nd SAS Regiment carried out Operation Larchwood 4 in Yusufiyah. April 19 – British brigadier attacks America's 'Hollywood' generals. May May 10 – Iraqi President Jalal Talabani made a public announcement urging all political parties to "quell this bleeding" after figures showed sectarian violence killed 1,091 in Baghdad the prior month. May 5 – Iraq was listed fourth on the 2006 Failed States Index compiled by the American Foreign Policy magazine and the Fund for Peace think-tank. The list was topped by Sudan. May 13/14 – As part of a series of operation in the "Triangle of Death" US forces took out an entire network in and around Latifiyah, the cell was led by Abu Mustafa who was responsible for shooting down a US Apache helicopter in early April. On May 13, US forces raided 4 houses used by Abu Mustafa network, quick exploitation of intelligence found in the raids resulted in US force hitting 3 more locations, the raids resulted in 15 "suspected al-Qaeda associates" as well as Abu Mustafa killed. June June 5 – A U.S. Navy SeaBee convoy moving between Al Quim and Al Asad was ambushed by several IEDs. Two members of NMCB-25 were killed. Petty Officer First Class Equipment Operator Gary Rovinski and Petty Officer Second Class Hospital Corpsman Jamie Jaenke. June 7 – Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is killed by a U.S. air strike. Zarqawi was a Jordanian militant who had called for