Three U.S. Soldiers Killed in Blast Near Baghdad

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Three U.S. Soldiers Killed in Blast Near Baghdad

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three U.S. soldiers were killed and six wounded in a roadside bomb blast just north of the Iraqi capital on Friday, the U.S. military said.

The soldiers were on a foot patrol in the town of Tarmiya, 12 miles north of Baghdad, when the device detonated. The soldiers were from Task Force Baghdad, which is largely made up of 1st Cavalry Division troops.

No further details were provided.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=2&u=/nm/20050225/ts_nm/iraq_usa_soldiers_dc

edit: updated info

[leftchick]

1. Link: Many casualties....

http://www.boston.com/dailynews/056/world/U_S_soldiers_killed_wounded_in:.shtml

TARMIYAH, Iraq (AP) An explosion near a group of U.S. soldiers north of the Iraqi capital Friday killed and wounded several troops, the U.S. military said. Witnesses said they saw about a dozen injured soldiers lying on the ground.

Lt. Col. Clifford Kent, a spokesman for the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division, confirmed ''there were soldiers killed and wounded'' in an explosion, but he had no other information.

''We're trying to figure out what the details are,'' Kent told The Associated Press.

Witnesses said the attack took place around midday in Tarmiyah, 20 miles northeast of Baghdad.

Residents saw about a dozen injured U.S. soldiers lying on blood-splattered ground after the attack.

''I was heading to our house ... there was a group of American soldiers walking in the road while around five Humvees were parking behind them,'' said Waleed Nahed, 35, who lives in the area. ''I heard a very loud explosion and I saw bodies flying.''

[soup]

2. deleted.

Duplicate link. sorry.

[pf99]

3. I do not think this will ever end

It makes me so sad for the families who have losted loved ones and for what? WMDs?

[hadrons]

4. 5 KIA (if there are no dups) based on recent LBN today .....

are you proud 59,000,000 morans?

[leftchick]

5. I am betting they are...

these souls died for our freedoms you know...

:puke:

[classof56]

6. Well, as a Republican friend of mine said...

as she "blew off" the war..."My stocks are back up!"

Hard to take, but we're talking a 40-year friendship and I'm trying hard to not cut the ties and to keep focused on other things that have held our connection intact through the years. Just glad we're now in a situation where we don't talk often.

I do make no bones to her about my disdain for Bush and all his cronies, and how much I hate his freakin' war. I want to cry everytime I read about the soldiers' dying. But then, I took my money out of stocks long ago...

Tired Old Cynic