AP: Military: Troop Deaths Hit 1,903 in Iraq

[UpInArms]

http://www.enidnews.com/feeds/apcontent/apstories/apstorysection/D8CNVOBG0.xml.txt/resources_apstoryview

The U.S. military said Tuesday that four U.S. soldiers attached to the Marines were killed in two separate roadside bombings near the insurgent stronghold of Ramadi, pushing the toll of American forces killed in Iraq past 1,900.

The soldiers died in two separate bomb attacks on Monday during combat operations in the volatile western Iraqi city, 70 miles west of Baghdad, the military said.

The victims were U.S. Army soldiers attached to the 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force.

...more...

Period	US	UK	Other*	Total	Avg	Days	
4 	466	10	16	492	2.11	233	
3 	579	26	27	632	2.93	216	
2 	718	27	58	803	1.89	424	
1 	140	33	0	173	4.02	43	
Total	1903	96	101	2100	2.29	916

[The Witch]

1. Rec'd. Another sad, sad milestone.

:cry:

[saigon68]

19. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

As he secretly counted his Halliburton stock dividends.

[meganmonkey]

2. Rest in Peace, soldiers

I am sorry you had to live in war. I'll do my best to get it stopped this weekend.

:patriot:

[gratuitous]

3. And you know something? The administration doesn't care

Iraq? We still got stuff happening in Iraq? That's just so, I dunno, pre-re-election.

[sabra]

4. Looks like the number has gone up to 5...

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3361274

Bombings kill 5 U.S. soldiers in Iraq
Associated Press

BAGHDAD, Iraq — The U.S. military said today that four U.S. soldiers died in two roadside bombings near the insurgent stronghold of Ramadi and a fifth died in a blast north of Baghdad, pushing the toll of American forces killed in Iraq past 1,900.

Also today, a suicide bomber killed four other Americans — a diplomatic security agent and three private security agents — in the northern city of Mosul, a U.S. official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information.

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Four of the soldiers were killed in two separate bomb attacks Monday during combat operations in Ramadi, a volatile city 70 miles west of Baghdad, the military said. The victims were U.S. Army soldiers attached to the 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force.

The fifth soldier, from the 18th Military Police Brigade, was killed today by a roadside bomb 75 miles north of the capital, the military said.

[leftchick]

5. AP: Military: Troop Deaths Hit 1,904 in Iraq

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050920/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_050920133652

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. military said Tuesday that four U.S. soldiers died in two roadside bombings near the insurgent stronghold of Ramadi and a fifth died in a blast north of Baghdad, pushing the toll of American forces killed in Iraq past 1,900.


Also Tuesday, a suicide bomber killed four other Americans — a diplomatic security agent and three private security agents — in the northern city of Mosul, a U.S. official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information.

Four of the soldiers were killed in two separate bomb attacks Monday during combat operations in Ramadi, a volatile city 70 miles west of Baghdad, the military said. The victims were U.S. Army soldiers attached to the 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force.

The fifth soldier, from the 18th Military Police Brigade, was killed Tuesday by a roadside bomb 75 miles north of the capital, the military said.

:(

icasualties.org has the dead at 1905....

[ninkasi]

6. It should be obvious by now

even to anyone as dim as Chimp, that going into Iraq was a huge mistake, and every day we stay only compounds the error. Every death, every injury, is one that did not have to happen. Katrina's aftermath proved without a shadow of doubt that this administration is not only corrupt and arrogant, but inept and stupid.

How many troops facing needless death in Iraq are worried about how their families here are coping with life? How many are from areas devastated by Katrina, or in states which are now threatened by other hurricanes?

While Chimp and his cronies enrich themselves more and more, ordinary citizens are called upon to give more and more...and for some, the price is their life. We are a nation in disgrace. We start illegal wars, destroy the infrastructure of other countries, let our own citizens suffer in squalor and increasing poverty, and permit ourselves to be ruled by a man not legally elected.

Bring the troops home now.

[bemildred]

7. Roadside bombs kill 4 US troops in Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Four U.S. soldiers have been killed by roadside bombs in Iraq, the U.S. military said on Tuesday, bringing the number of American soldiers killed since the March 2003 invasion of Iraq to 1,906.

"Four Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), were killed in action by improvised explosive devices during two separate incidents while conducting combat operations September 19 in Ramadi, Iraq," the statement said.

Improvised roadside bombs are the most common killers of U.S. troops in Iraq.

Reuters

[Massachusetts]

8. Some more numbers..the ones they don't report in the media.

Wounded In Action According to The DoD Total 14265


http://www.icasualties.org/oif/

[deadparrot]

9. RIP.

...

[0007]

10. How many U.S. contractors and backwater mercenaries

threw an acey deucey on the come out roll?

[Judi Lynn]

11. Military: Troop Deaths Hit 1,903 in Iraq

Military: Troop Deaths Hit 1,903 in Iraq

By Associated Press

September 20, 2005, 8:08 AM EDT

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Four U.S. soldiers attached to the Marines were killed in two separate roadside bombings near the insurgent stronghold of Ramadi, the military said Tuesday, raising the number of American forces who have died in Iraq since the start of the war to 1,903.

The soldiers died in two separate bomb attacks on Monday during combat operations in the volatile western Iraqi city, 70 miles west of Baghdad, the military said.

The victims were U.S. Army soldiers attached to the 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force.

The names of the victims were not released.
(snip/)

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-iraq-americans-killed,0,4461568.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

[Eugene]

12. AP: Vermont National Guardsman from New York killed in Iraq

Vermont National Guardsman from New York killed in Iraq

September 20, 2005

MONTPELIER, Vt. --A Vermont Army National Guard member from New York
state has been killed in Iraq.

The National Guard said Tuesday that 1st Lt. Mark H. Dooley, 27, of
Wallkill, N.Y., was killed Monday morning by an improvised bomb.

Dooley was on a routine patrol mission in Ramadi, Iraq, at the time of
the explosion, the National Guard said.

[struggle4progress]

13. U.S. Military Deaths Top 1,900 in Iraq

By STEVEN R. HURST




BAGHDAD, Iraq - The war in Iraq passed a sobering milepost Tuesday when U.S. officials reported 10 more Americans were killed _ six of them members of the armed forces, raising to more than 1,900 the number of U.S. service members who have died in the country since the invasion.

A Diplomatic Security agent attached to the U.S. State Department and three private American security guards were killed when their convoy was hit by a suicide car bomber Monday in the northern city of Mosul, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad said. The four were attached to the U.S. Embassy's regional office in Mosul.

The announcements came as British and Iraqi officials issued stinging charges and countercharges about the storming of a Basra jail to free two British soldiers who had been arrested by Basra police. During the raid, British forces learned that Shiite Muslim militiamen and police had just moved the two men to a nearby house. The British then stormed that house and rescued the men. <snip>

Britain's Foreign Office later released a statement it said was from al-Jaafari's office, insisting there is no crisis in relations between the two countries. <snip>

http://www.tristate-media.com/articles/2005/09/20/ap/headlines/d8cob6do1.txt

[Erika]

14. 1,907 troops now dead

according to www.icasualties.org That site shows the true story of this "war" which the Republicans refuse to discuss other than in passing.

[burrowowl]

15. Was just going to post this

what do you think of the 'body' count a la Vietnam?

[Erika]

16. For every troop killed, 7 are injured

Our medical technology has far increased since Vietnam. Troops have a higher survival rate because of this increase. So we may have less dead and more severely maimed but surviving troops. For what cause, either war?

[burrowowl]

17. Yes!

Of course this isn't given any coverage nor the fact that many are being denied help for PTSD!

[Erika]

18. W's war continues.