Three more members of National Guard's 48th killed in Iraq

[lebkuchen]

Three more soldiers from a Georgia National Guard unit have been killed in Iraq -- bringing the total to eleven from that unit in less than two weeks.

Military officials says the three, who were members of the guard's 48th Brigade, were killed yesterday in a car bomb attack. Another was seriously wounded.

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050804/APN/508040682&cachetime=3&template=dateline

More soldiers killed yesterday yet reported for the first time today, which would bring the number of yesterday's killings to 18 by my count.

We're at 27 US killed this month, at nearly 7 per day, while Bush vacations and feigns concern.

[leftchick]

1. I am amazed the 14 marines were reported so quickly...

Centcom seems to be dribbling the bad news out. So we are at 1826 already?

RIP... :(

[lebkuchen]

2. The Bushies are delaying the information

if they decide to pass it on to the media at all. They have got to be SO desperate right now.

Did you hear Ray Taliafero today? The 2:00 a.m. hour has him talking to a "lost" vet.

The 4:00 a.m. hour (second half) is an interview w/Joe Wilson--worth a listen. :)

http://www.kgoam810.com/Article.asp?PT=Archive&id=49920

[rodeodance]

3. my gawd--they did not announce these deaths yesterday?!!!

.....More soldiers killed yesterday yet reported for the first time today, which would bring the number of yesterday's killings to 18 by my count.

[lebkuchen]

4. Makes you wonder why

Is 18 US dead that much different in the mind of the typical American voter than 14?

At 14 dead, I think that is a record for the number of soldiers killed by a roadside bomb, but more have died in the helo crashes, though perhaps not as many as 18 in one day. That could be a record that the Bushies want to avoid having broadcast.

[rodeodance]

5. it is an AP story today -so should get good circulation.

[rodeodance]

6. I do not see anything in WaPost yet.

[lebkuchen]

8. Maybe

the bodies were so badly mutilated that there wasn't a positive ID that they were American until now?

[rodeodance]

10. msnbc just said 24 deaths this week but focus on OHIO group--not

this more recent 3 deaths from Georgia.

[rodeodance]

14. maybe--as they are now taking of how bombers are much larger.

[rodeodance]

15. Fox only talking of 14 deaths of yesterday.

[rodeodance]

16. but saying 4 Iragi solders dead in gunfire.

[rodeodance]

17. also saying 1 US solder dead.

[lebkuchen]

21. Nobody at MSNBC or FOX can add, eh?

This site has 27 US dead this month, and we're only into Day 4, though I believe that total took place by Day 3, which averages to 9 dead a day. Maybe the Bushies believe that 9-per-day average is beyond the tolerance threshold of most Americans.

http://icasualties.org/oif/

[alcibiades_mystery]

27. At least 31 died in a Chinook crash in January

n/t

[leftchick]

7. Thank you for the link lebkuchen!

:hi:

[lebkuchen]

9. The 4:00 a.m. Wilson interview isn't up yet

but should be soon. Really worth a listen.

[rodeodance]

11. Cnn just announced the 3 dead (plus one more). --they said 'yesterday'

[rodeodance]

12. but did not say much of the 3, rather went back to 14 of yesterday.

[rodeodance]

13. a parent from OHIO dead troop intervieved--saying his son saw the

campaign as rather 'fruitless"--as they they get rid of insurgents and they keep coming back. WHOW.

[rodeodance]

19. new Yahoo story only speaks of one new US death (small arms fire).

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050804/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_ylt=AvChmFtu5xtjFRkq1ceaRhOs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b3JuZGZhBHNlYwM3MjE-
Marines Experience Deadly Week in Iraq

By ROBERT H. REID, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 12 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Another American Marine was killed in action in a city in the Euphrates River valley where 14 U.S. Marines died in the deadliest roadside bombing suffered by U.S. forces in the
Iraq war, the U.S. military said.

At least nine Iraqi security personnel were also killed in scattered attacks Thursday, including a car bombing which targeted members of a radical Shiite militia visiting a religious shrine.

The latest Marine casualty was reported from Ramadi, the capital of explosive Anbar province. The Marine, whose name was not released, was killed by small arms fire Wednesday — the same day that 14 Marines and an Iraqi civilian translator died in a huge bombing near Haditha.

That brought to at least 24 the number of Marines killed over the last week in along the Euphrates Valley in one of the bloodiest periods for U.S. forces in months. In all, at least 45 American service members have died in Iraq since July 24 — all but two in combat.......

[lebkuchen]

22. I've been looking for videofiles of parent reaction

but haven't found any yet. I have limited access to news here.

[lebkuchen]

18. Did they do the math

18 total US dead yesterday?

The US media makes me sick. It did not do its job in questioning the rationale for the US invasion of Iraq to begin with.

[rodeodance]

20. no--I do not recall them saying a total of 18 from yesterday.

[0007]

23. I agree, and now they keep dumbing down the number of deaths

like its a big secret or something.

[rodeodance]

26. well, I imagine that the new deaths would really cause a stir--14 is huge

--how would Pentagon handle this new information. The media covered the 14 pretty good yesterday (in my opinion).

[leftchick]

24. cnn reported 27 dead this week....

This is just DEVASTATING.....


03-Aug-2005 18 | US: 18 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Ramadi - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - car bomb
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - car bomb
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - car bomb
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Haditha (2 km S of) - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Haditha (2 km S of) - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Haditha (2 km S of) - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Haditha (2 km S of) - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Haditha (2 km S of) - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Haditha (2 km S of) - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Haditha (2 km S of) - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Haditha (2 km S of) - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Haditha (2 km S of) - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Lance Corporal Brett Wightman Haditha (2 km S of) - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Lance Corporal Christopher Jenkins Dyer Haditha (2 km S of) - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Lance Corporal Michael Cifuentes Haditha (2 km S of) - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Lance Corporal Timothy Michael Bell Jr. Haditha (2 km S of) - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Lance Corporal Edward August Schroeder Haditha (2 km S of) - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
02-Aug-2005 1 | US: 1 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Staff Sergeant James D. McNaughton Camp Victory (at Baghdad Airport) Hostile - hostile fire - sniper
01-Aug-2005 8 | US: 8 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Al Bu Hardan (nr. Syrian border) - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - car bomb
US Sergeant James R. Graham III Hit (near) - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - suicide car bomb
US Lance Corporal Roger D. Castleberry Jr. Haditha (near) - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire
US Sergeant David J. Coullard Haditha (near) - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire
US Lance Corporal Daniel Nathan Deyarmin Jr. Haditha (near) - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire
US Corporal Jeffrey A. Boskovitch Haditha (near) - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire
US Lance Corporal Brian P. Montgomery Haditha (near) - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire
US Sergeant Nathaniel S. Rock Haditha (near) - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire
Total 27 | US: 27 | UK: 0 | Other: 0


http://icasualties.org/oif/prdDetails.aspx?hndRef=8-2005

[rodeodance]

25. thanks for your list. beyond devastating.

[rodeodance]

28. new AP story (via yahoo) only mentions the one new US death from yest-

erday.



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050804/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_ylt=AiR.AI3SE5ZwRPMofNf4dM6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-

Another Marine Killed in Same Iraq Valley

By ROBERT H. REID, Associated Press Writer

11 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. military said Thursday that another Marine was killed in action in the same Euphrates River valley where 14 Marines died in the worst roadside bombing targeting American forces in the
Iraq war.

A car bomb also hit members of a radical Shiite militia in northern Iraq as attacks nationwide killed at least 11 people Thursday.

The latest Marine casualty was in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province 70 miles west of Baghdad. The Marine was killed by small-arms fire Wednesday — the same day 14 Marines and an Iraqi civilian translator died when a huge bomb destroyed their lightly armored vehicle near Haditha.

The latest death brought to at least 24 the number of Marines killed over the last week in along the Euphrates Valley in one of the bloodiest periods for U.S. forces in months. In all, at least 45 American service members have died in Iraq since July 24 — all but two in combat.

[rodeodance]

29. says 24 dead over last week (the 3 mentioned in first post not included).

[rodeodance]

30. odd--very odd (cnn lists the 3 casulties yet AP does not).

[rodeodance]

31. CNN just mentioned again on 9 am news--4 new deaths and total of 27.

I have to say--I give them credit for this.