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BAGHDAD — U.S. troops raided Baghdad's largest Shiite slum today and arrested 16 people, U.S. and Iraqi officials and witnesses said.

The American military said one person died.

The military also announced the death of a U.S. soldier killed by a roadside bomb Wednesday in western Baghdad. At least 3,950 members of the U.S. military have died from all causes since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

In Sadr City, the United States said it was targeting "criminal elements" responsible for mortar and EFP attacks on U.S. and Iraqi troops. EFPs, or explosively formed penetrators, are sophisticated roadside bombs that fire a molten slug capable of piercing even the most heavily armored military vehicles.