Baghdad Bombing Kills Soldier, Wounds Two, U.S. Military Says

[leftchick]

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=ari6ZC.9RXJE&refer=top_world_news

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Dec. 23 (Bloomberg) -- One soldier from the U.S.-led force in Iraq was killed and two were injured in a bombing in western Baghdad today, the U.S. military said in an e-mailed statement.

The attack took place at 8 a.m. local time, the military said. No further details of the attack were given, and the nationality and name of the soldier killed weren't disclosed.

Insurgents across Iraq have targeted Iraqi and foreign security forces and civilians. Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said on Dec. 21 that he expects the violence to increase as the planned Jan. 30 legislative election approaches.

An attack two days ago on a military base in Mosul resulted in the deaths of 22 people, including 14 U.S. soldiers, four American civilians, three Iraqi military personnel and an unidentified person. The U.S. yesterday said that attack was probably a suicide bombing.

[Cooley Hurd]

1. More Holiday horrors...

...for families back home.

A father, a mother, a wife, a child will be met at the door by a military man who will break their heart...:(

Merry Fucking Christmas...:grr:

[acmavm]

2. Our kids are fighting to stay alive against an insurgency willing to die

to get us out of there. There is absolutely no way that you can defeat an enemy like that. Not unless you make the totally immoral and illegal decision to kill them all, because there is no way to tell the friendlies from the haters. And by now, almost all of them hate us. Future generations will sing songs about bush* and the boys all right. And not the kind that basket case Wolf delusionally pictured in his mind.

[dixielib]

3. And go further....

Aunts, uncles, cousins, neighbors, classmates...the list can go on forever. Exponentially...how many lives are saddened over these deaths?

[lebkuchen]

4. They may be saddened, but how many of them want to drive on

with the same insane policy? "Gotta see the mission to its completion!"

What lunacy.

[NNN0LHI]

5. "Can't let them die for nothing" is the latest "wing-nut" talking point

And a number of Dem's(?) are falling for it too. Get it through your heads people. They have died for nothing. End of story.

Don

[leftchick]

7. Biden is the worst!

"we need more troops" repeated ad naseum. WTF for Joe?!? Can't you recognise FUBAR when you see it??

:grr:

[lebkuchen]

9. Biden is textbook as to how the US has lost its soul

as a result of bi-party "leadership."

I watched Godfather Part 1 the other night and had to wonder how many of our politicians are still in the pockets of an underworld entity.

[Wright Patman]

10. Remember Vietnam?

I do. "We must not let 'aggression' (LBJ's favorite word to describe Vietnamese self-defense) be rewarded or our soldiers will have died in vain."

I began hearing that excuse in about 1967. Do the math on how long it served to justify further 'anti-aggression' operations (such as My Lai).

[malaise]

6. Robin Cook

Try and catch his interview on BBC Hard Talk - superb stuff.

[LynnTheDem]

8. Robin Cook = man of the very highest INTEGRITY.

Something bush & Cartel & rightwingnuts simply do not have.