Three US troops, five Iraqi policemen killed in fresh unrest

[Judi Lynn]

Last Update: Monday, February 28, 2005. 5:32am (AEDT)
Three US troops, five Iraqi policemen killed in fresh unrest

The US military has announced the death in Iraq of three more of its soldiers, as insurgents shot dead five Iraqi policemen and at least five other people were killed in a bomb attack.

Police also found the bodies of eight people, one of them a headless woman with a note attached denouncing her as a spy, six of them Iraqi soldiers and the eighth a businessman who was working with US troops.

The latest unrest came as one of the groups blamed for many attacks mocked claims by Iraqi security chiefs that the noose was tightening around its leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the country's most wanted man.

The US Army said two American soldiers were killed in a bomb and gunfire attack in Baghdad on Saturday.
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200502/s1312160.htm

[qanda]

1. But I just heard on Meet the Press that the war was over

:shrug:

[rkc3]

2. And Iraq is still safer than Detroit.

[egoprofit]

8. i'm not gonna be drafted...

might as well shot myself in the head.

[oasis]

15. NYT Tom Freidman sounded like he was about to plan a vacation in Baghdad.

[UrbScotty]

3. I believe that makes #1496, right?

How pro-life.

[alcuno]

4. "fresh unrest" What an odd headline.

May they all find peace with God.

[Massachusetts]

5. The Chinese water torture continues, unabated.

[Hand]

6. "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED," shrieked the prep-school pussy...

"...except for these unseemly corpses. My mommy says she doesn't let them occupy her beautiful mind, so why should I care? And that blood on my hands has been there since my serial-executioner sayd in Texas, so I don't think about that either."

Remember the dead... :cry:

[TacticalPeek]

7. What fresh unrest is this?!

Apologies, Dorothy Parker.


RIP, soldiers.

[leftchick]

9. Three US troops, five Iraqi policemen killed in fresh unrest

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200502/s1312160.htm

The US military has announced the death in Iraq of three more of its soldiers, as insurgents shot dead five Iraqi policemen and at least five other people were killed in a bomb attack.

Police also found the bodies of eight people, one of them a headless woman with a note attached denouncing her as a spy, six of them Iraqi soldiers and the eighth a businessman who was working with US troops.

The latest unrest came as one of the groups blamed for many attacks mocked claims by Iraqi security chiefs that the noose was tightening around its leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the country's most wanted man.

The US Army said two American soldiers were killed in a bomb and gunfire attack in Baghdad on Saturday.

The military also said a US marine was killed in action on Saturday in the violence-plagued province of Babil, south of the capital.

.... I am not sure if these deaths were reported before today. My best guess and from the way I have seen Centcom operate in the past, these soldiers did indeed die yesterday but are just being reported today.

RIP... :(

On edit: I found this on Al-Jazeera...

~snip~
A day earlier, an Iraqi soldier was killed and seven other people were wounded when a car bomb attack occurred near a police checkpoint in the town.

The US military said two US soldiers were killed in a bomb and gunfire attack in Baghdad on Saturday.


"Two Task Force Baghdad soldiers were killed and two others wounded after a combined improvised explosive device and small arms attack in southeast Baghdad on 26 February," the military said.


The US military had also earlier announced a US marine was killed in action on Saturday in Babil governorate.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/0BA260AB-D59E-4DF1-9E5F-12E790780F74.htm

[Yavin4]

10. But, but the Media Said That Things Were Great

because the Iraqis voted. Can someone explain to me how we're still dying there?

[leftchick]

12. Because Iraqis don't like being occupied and having their oil stolen

just a hunch though...:shrug:

[0007]

14. There might be something to what your saying!

[hadrons]

11. This has to be 8-10 in the last three days ....

but the Oscars are on, so we know what the country will be concerned with

[McKenzie]

13. You are closer to the truth than you think hadrons

a sizeable portion of society is fixated by irrelevancies. Hot topic on a Monday morning at the office? Probably some drivel about who is screwing who, the latest development on the fav' teeevee show or endless arguments amongst out of condition, beer-bellied males about how a bunch of fit young men are crap at football/soccer/rugby or some other "game".

"And you think you're so clever and classless and free
But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see
They keep you doped with sex, religion and tv"