Two U.S. Soldiers Killed in Mortar Attack in Iraq

omshanti

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Fri Oct-24-03 09:47 AM
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Two U.S. Soldiers Killed in Mortar Attack in Iraq

Didn't see this posted yet.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two U.S. soldiers were killed in a mortar attack near the Iraqi town of Samarra Friday, a U.S. military spokeswoman said.

The spokeswoman said four soldiers were wounded in the attack, which took place just before noon around 100 km (60 miles) north of the capital Baghdad.

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AlinPA

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Fri Oct-24-03 09:53 AM
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1. Horrible. Every day. Rumsfeld called them "onesies and twosies"

I believe I heard Lou Dobbs say thats what Rumsfeld called them.

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omshanti

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Fri Oct-24-03 09:54 AM
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2. ooooo how I hate that man!

Edited on Fri Oct-24-03 10:04 AM by omshanti

(Smirky Rummy boy I mean).

I didn't think it was possible to hate someone you don't personally know.... but every time I see his smirky face on TV it makes me want to slap him silly. He is smirkier than Dubya.

edit - in the interest of fairness, I did a google search and Rumsfeld apparently referred to Saddam's Fedayeen as "onesies and twosies", not US soldiers. But I still hate his smirkiness.

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Minstrel Boy

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Fri Oct-24-03 09:57 AM
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3. "threesies" so far the tally for today

Did Rumsfeld really say that? I can imagine he would, but my God, how cold. And coming from the Secretary of Defence....

Why, why, why am I still shocked by these bastards?

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AlinPA

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Fri Oct-24-03 10:06 AM
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4. I'm pretty sure I heard Lou Dobbs refer to Rumsfeld having said it.

More than a month ago. The context was something about Rummsfeld's description of things being "untidy" over there and Dobbs said that the "onesies-twosies" remark by Rumsfeld deserved an aplology.

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omshanti

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Fri Oct-24-03 10:09 AM
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5. I wouldn't put it past Rumsfeld to do that.

Just couldn't find any reference to it on a google search. Maybe it's not documented. Didn't mean to undermine what you said, just that I couldn't find it.

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Fri Oct-24-03 10:15 AM
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6. ....and counting

This administration is the worse in the history of this county.

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Fri Oct-24-03 10:32 AM
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7. Does anyone have a citation for "onesies and twosies"?

That's in the tradition of:

"Are more people going to die? You bet!"

- Donald Rumsfeld, July 13, 2003

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deutsey

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Fri Oct-24-03 02:56 PM
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8. I think the report I link here expands on this

http://www.msnbc.com/news/870749.asp?vts=102420031246

3 American soldiers, 4 Iraqis killed
13 American soldiers injured (three seriously)

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