Marine killed in Babil Province (#1448)

[bluestateguy]

http://www.mnf-iraq.com/media-information/February/050206b.htm

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq -- A Marine assigned to I Marine Expeditionary Force was killed in action yesterday, while conducting security and stability operations in the north Babil Province.
I MEF force protection measures preclude the release of any information that could aid enemy personnel in assessing the effectiveness, or lack thereof, with regard to their tactics, techniques and procedures. Oh please

[yinkaafrica]

1. Soon we will top 1500

I was born in a city of 30,000.
1500 deaths would eliminate one in twenty.
That's a lot of horrible death.

[SmileyBoy]

2. 1,448 is the population of a decent-sized small town in my state.

Imagine if the entire population of New Rockford, ND (Pop. 1,463) died at 2-3 per day for almost 2 years. This is basically what it's like.

[llmart]

3. People don't care.....

If you did an interview with 100 people, I'll bet you 99.9 of them wouldn't even know the numbers of dead soldiers or total casualties.

[silverchair]

4. sad

i'm tired of this illegal war. it seems like there's no end in site.