8 US Troops Wounded In Attack Near Baghdad Airport -CNN

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20050531\ACQDJON200505311845DOWJONESDJONLINE000704.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.internation

Eight U.S. troops were wounded Tuesday night in a mortar attack on a military complex near the Baghdad airport, Cable News Network reported.

Two private contractors and an Iraqi citizen were also wounded, CNN said.

[merwin]

1. but, but... i thought they had baghdad surrounded with 40,000 troops?!?!

Guess that doesn't leave too many troops to guard inside, huh?

[Roland99]

2. Well, the airport is 20 miles outside of Baghdad

[me b zola]

3. 'It's a mystery wrapped in an enigma'...

...Rum-Dum will say as he scratches his head. 'There are no unknowns that are'....blah,blah:puke:

[The_Casual_Observer]

22. Who wrapped up an enema?

[hadrons]

4. not to worry, Cheney says we're winning ....

:eyes:

[lebkuchen]

12. Cheney is trying to harvest the HS class of '05; that's why the happy face

That's also why Bush and Rummy are putting on their dog and pony show slamming Amnesty International's claims. What parent wants his 18 y.o. son/daughter to graduate on to torturing people as an "occupation?" Only the dumb ones, those that haven't been keeping up with the Tillman family's travails.

The Bush/Cheney/Rummy Amateur Act is a sign that May's missed Army recruitment goals are probably higher than April's whopping 42%. If the June/July/Aug figures don't make up the difference in the last four to five months' lag, anticipate a creative Rovian propaganda device for "draft."

[grytpype]

13. Cheney is shitting himself.

They all are. This is their worst nightmare. They've lied the country into a war and they can't get us out. The public is slowing waking up to what has happened.

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[Supersedeas]

21. these are just the 'last' throes....more to come...from Dick Cheaty?

[maddezmom]

5. link not working for me

[UpInArms]

9. link here

http://tinyurl.com/alv2o

[maddezmom]

11. thanks

:hi:

[Jacobin]

6. insurgency in 'last throes'

all will be over in 2009.

Flowers and dancing will prevail at that time.

[hatrack]

7. Kindly ignore those last throes . . .

All those sniper rounds, and car bombs and suicide attacks . . . they're really just signs of desperation, you know!

[UpInArms]

10. maybe he what he actually said was "fast throws"

'cause it sure doesn't look like "last throes" to me :eyes:

[IndianaGreen]

8. NBC's Jim Maceda was quoted today as saying that the 40,000 Iraqi troops

are a myth. Maceda said that US troops are carrying the burden of the current operations in Baghdad. Maceda also said that things are not going that well in Baghdad.

[leftchick]

14. I heard the same from a British reporter in Baghdad on NPR.

I heard him on NPR yesterday. He said this

He said this operation lightning was more of a PR thing than an actual operation! He also said there was no where near 40,000 Iraqi troops!

Welcome to the well oiled USA Propaganda Machine!

:(

[Justice]

16. He also said that the 10 mile road to airport was most dangerous

part of the trip in Iraq - nightmare to travel in and out of the airport via the road.

[leftchick]

15. This must be the same attack. No mention of US casualties....

Iraqi firemen extinguish burning vehicles after a suicide car bomb attack on Baghdad's airport road June 1, 2005. A suicide car bomb exploded at a checkpoint on the road to Baghdad's international airport and near a U.S. military base on Wednesday, police said. There were no immediate reports of any casualties. Photo by Ali Jasim/Reuters

[maddezmom]

18. Car bomb hits Baghdad checkpoint, 15 wounded(all civilians)

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb detonated at a checkpoint into Baghdad's international airport on Wednesday, wounding 15 civilians, the U.S. military said.

The bomber blew up his vehicle among a group of cars lining up to go through the checkpoint, the main entrance into the tightly controlled airport complex.

Insurgents fired AK-47s and other small arms at the checkpoint immediately after the blast, the statement said.

The checkpoint, which is close to the entrance to the main U.S. military base in the capital, has been attacked several times in the past, with Iraqi and foreign security contractors frequently killed.

~snip~
more: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050601/ts_nm/iraq_bomb_dc_4

[UpInArms]

20. Marines Hurt

http://www2.kval.com/x30530.xml?ParentPageID=x2649&ContentID=x50697&Layout=kval.xsl&AdGroupID=x30530

Eugene -

One U.S. Marine has died and four others from a Eugene-based engineering company have been injured in hostile action in Iraq.

They are members of the 6th Engineering Battalion and were involved in an incident last Friday in Western Iraq.

Killed was First Sergeant Michael Barnhill of Sacramento, California, who was assigned to the Eugene unit.

Injured are Lance Corporal Joe Crabtree of McMinnville, Lance Corporal Andrew Miller, and Major Sean Riddell.

A fifth Marine, a Corporal Skelly, was also injured, but authorities could not give KVAL his full name.

...more...

I hate this freakin' stupid mal-administration :argh:

(edited: no different incident - this one was last Friday)

[saigon68]

17. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

As his mommy fed him with a spoon.