Six US soldiers killed across Iraq over the weekend (1853)

[leftchick]

http://english1.people.com.cn/200508/14/eng20050814_202373.html

Six US soldiers have been killed and five were wounded in roadside bombings and shooting attacks across Iraq over the weekend, the US military said on Sunday.

A roadside bomb killed three US soldiers and wounded another who were on a patrol mission late Friday in Tuz, some 180 km north of Baghdad, the military said in a brief statement.

One soldier was killed and another wounded in another bombing in west Baghdad on Saturday, the military said.

In another separate roadside bombing, one soldier was killed Sunday and three others were wounded east of Rutbah, 400 km west of Baghdad, the military added.

One soldier was found dead of a gunshot wound on Friday, the military said, adding an investigation was underway.

[leftchick]

1. BBC....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4150108.stm

Blasts kill US soldiers in Iraq


Roadside bombs have killed five US soldiers in a weekend of attacks across Iraq while a sixth soldier was found shot dead, the Pentagon reports.

In the deadliest attack, a bomb went off on Friday evening in Tuz, about 180km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, killing three and wounding one.

A fourth soldier died on Saturday in Baghdad and a new attack west of the capital on Sunday killed one.

A soldier was also found dead from a gunshot wound in Baghdad on Friday.

[soup]

16. What does 'found dead from a gunshot wound' mean?

Does that strike anyone else as odd?

Reminds me of the self-inflicted wounds that cause the death of Private LaVena Johnson, 19, of Florissant, Missouri in July. The official word was what? self-inflicted, not suicide, being investigated.

[saigon68]

24. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

As he prepared to "CLEAR BRUSH" on his pig farm.

[Skittles]

26. I've lived in Texas for almost 30 years

I have never heard ANYONE wax on about "clearing brush" - apparently bush the phony cowboy thinks that's what cowboys do

[AuntieM1957]

27. 48 years of native Texan here

and the first time I ever heard more than a sentence about clearing brush from any rancher/farmer/whatever the hell it is he does on that little patch of land.

it's not a lifelong job, rather one task among many.

kinda like going on and on about cleaning the toilet.

[Skittles]

28. LOL YOU NAIL IT AUNTIE

hey you're a 57 gal? I am too. Yes INDEED! :thumbsup:

[blackhorse]

2. Remember . . .

during the Iranian hostage crisis how the lamestream media pounded democratic President Carter day after day with a count of how many days had gone by as the US staff was held hostage?

So what is the difference here? Could our "beloved media" not use the same numerical count method to bring pressure to bear on the current president?

"Funny" how the LSM felt no reluctance to hammer a democratic president.

* * * * *

R.I.P., comrades.

[EST]

4. "Twas ever thus--

John F Kennedy was not nearly as revered as the modern press would have you believe, although many questions weren't even conseidered in those days.

[leftchick]

3. CNN just said 7 dead since Friday....

no link, just heard it on TV. This is so sad... :(

[rodeodance]

7. I heard cnn say that also.

[catmandu57]

5. It's a hell of a way to wake up

But at least I woke up, now there's six more americans who won't and families that will have to deal with this shit.

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Rising numbers , whether it be deaths or gas prices, don't phase Bush

He's too busy meeting with his cronies to care about the real world.

When will this madness stop?

[ramapo]

8. Don't upset his vacation

Please he has to recover from all that hard work. Remember the hard work that resulted in 9/11?

[warrens]

9. Like the reich wing thugs that invaded Cindy's protest say...

"We Don't Care, We Don't Care."

I want these pigs kicked out of our country.

[ckramer]

10. I didn't see it in today's breaking news

They are talking about Tiger Woods and the downed Greek airplane.

[mariema]

17. I had to search for it.

I heard on BBC news while I was still half asleep and when I looked at breaking news on Yahoo I didn't see it. It wasn't on CNN.com or Google News. I searched Google news to find it. It was so disheartening to see that our soldiers deaths are no longer breaking and enduring news in the MSM.

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[brentspeak]

11. Do our troops ever get a chance to fire a shot of their own?

They're getting picked-off one-by-one. And our Commander-in-Chief sure is on top of things for them - not.

[leftchick]

12. it has become very apparent what the US mission is for the troops

operation try to make it home alive. :(

[Bob3]

14. That's what makes a guerrilla war so hard to fight

By and large the Insurgents get to pick and choose where and when they attack our troops. They hit and then vanish into the cities and towns. When our troops launch an sweep the insurgents go to ground or go someplace else. It was described in Viet Nam as trying to kill an gnat with a sledgehammer.

[arewenotdemo]

25. Uh, I suspect so.

Ask any Iraqi mother.

[leftchick]

13. Finally made Yahoo. Please rate it up...

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050814/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_soldiers_killed

They say 6 dead CNNI still says 7 dead.

[ooglymoogly]

15. kick nom and rated

[silverchair]

18. i can't believe we have to deal with 8 years of this crap

we are indeed living in a nightmare and there is no end in sight. i feel really bad for those families. when is that ass in the whitehouse going to get what he deserves?

[IndianaGreen]

19. No, leftchick! Let's talk about those chemical canisters or Aruba

Let's not talk about how close we are getting to 1,900 dead on account of a lie.

[leftchick]

20. you know what IG?

It occured to me this morning that maybe, just maybe more ameriKans will wake the fuck up when the number is 2000 DEAD for a LIE! And at this rate we will be there in September. How sad is that? :(

[IndianaGreen]

21. The saddest thing is how many of our political leaders have failed us

by not calling for an immediate end to the war. This is why you and me will still be talking about casualties this time next year.

[Spiffarino]

22. DAMN it!!!

:cry:

[leftchick]

23. I hope this makes the evening news....

before bush**s big vacation coverage. :grr: