Three U.S. soldiers killed during medical evacuation

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/BAK162109.htm

BAGHDAD, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Three U.S. soldiers were killed and eight wounded on Monday when a roadside bomb detonated near a helicopter as it was carrying out a medical evacuation, the U.S. military said.

The medical team was sent by helicopter to attend to a soldier injured in a vehicle accident in a southwestern neighbourhood of Baghdad when the explosion went off, the U.S. military said in a statement.

It gave no further details.

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[bemildred]

1. Purely a coincidence there was a bomb there, I'm sure. nt

[rodeodance]

2. whow--

[tabasco]

3. Strange that they would have a bomb planted ...

exactly where there was a vehicle "accident." I suspect a first bomb hit the vehicle and a second bomb had been planted specifically to target the responders.

Whatever the case, RIP Soldiers.

[mistertrickster]

4. Let's see we've got "drug-related" deaths and that's illegal--how

about making "war related" deaths illegal?

How would that be?

[saigon68]

5. 'BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

As he lunched on his banana

[0007]

6. RIP

"There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people for a purpose which is unattainable."
U.S. historian Howard Zinn, 1993

[saigon68]

17. You said it best.

Like sand in an hourglass---- the killing goes on and on

One Grain at a Time.

[leftchick]

7. This sounds like the same event...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1254215

RIP... :(

[TahitiNut]

8. Viet Cong tactics

Punji pits were 'popular' because the wounded person required the life-saving assistance of at least two other grunts. They'd make a small-scale attack to create wounded and then ambush the rescuers. It doesn't take long for these guerrilla tactics to be seen in such wars. I'd say this confirms the contention that Command, Communications, and Control (C3) is gaining maturity in Iraq's insurgency/freedom-fighters, since it necessitates something a little more than simple Fabian tactics.

[NNN0LHI]

10. It gets the troops out of their armored Humvees, thats for sure n/t

[TahitiNut]

13. Yep. Clustered 'soft' targets. New meat.

:shrug:

[llmart]

9. But it was "worth it"........

said the chickenshit in the White House.

[peaches2003]

11. He could care less

WTF does Bush care? He is already bored with Iraq and the so-called press and American public will just let him go on to bigger and better wars and not say a thing.

[TahitiNut]

12. It's not boredom. It's the Narcissistic Supply.

He's a pathological narcissist and feeds upon reaction. But like an adrenaline addict or an ADD sufferer, it only gives him that 'supply' at the beginning. These things have a 'half-life' for a pathological narcissist. He's on to another "look at me, kids" tour ... where he feeds on his sycophantically-scripted pseudo-events.

[number6]

14. Bush cares, while he' s out on the .....

Golf course, bass fishin boat, on vacation, country club ....

bet those guardsmen and reservists would like to get a
year off of duty for working a congressional campaign..huh

[Bouncy Ball]

15. bush said SURE he would do it all over again!

[llmart]

16. Yeah, as long as it's not his ass on the line....

or Dickhead Cheney's or his drunken, slutty daughters or airheaded wife. Sure, he'd do it again. Alcoholics just trade one addiction for another. This is where he gets his high now.