3 GIs Killed by Roadside Bomb in Baghdad (8 this weekend)

[rodeodance]

on fox. I will try to find some links.

edited Headline/story updated.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060423/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_violence

3 GIs Killed by Roadside Bomb in Baghdad

By The Associated Press 16 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Three U.S. soldiers were killed Sunday when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb northwest of Baghdad, the U.S. command said. That brought the number of American troops killed in the Iraqi capital area over the weekend to eight.


The latest deaths occurred about 11:30 a.m., the command, without giving further details.

Five Americans soldiers died Saturday in bombings in the southern area of the capital.

All eight were assigned to the Army's Multinational Brigade-Baghdad which is responsible for security in Baghdad and surrounding areas.......

[maddezmom]

1. here is a link

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060423/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_violence;_
:(

[rodeodance]

4. Thank you very much. I updated the IP

[maddezmom]

5. you're welcome

thanks for editing :pals:

[laruemtt]

2. BRING THEM HOME NOW!!!

:cry:

[0007]

3. Put three more on the pile

Grass Bush

Pile the bodies high in Austerlitz and Waterloo Iraq
Shovel them under and let me work--
I am the grass; bush; I cover all.

And pile them high in Gettyburg Baghdad
And pile them high in Ypres and Vedum Mossoul and Al Fallaujah

Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor:
What place is this?

I am the grass bush.
Let me work.

Carl Sandburg


Support the war - Donate a Son a daughter
The GOP working for a better America
God Bless America

[alcibiades_mystery]

6. Welcome to the Desert of the Real...

....

[teryang]

7. Should top 2400 active duty killed by end of month

Death rate is up substantially this month. Currently the US troops killed number 2389. So much for "political success in Iraq."

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

[leftchick]

14. even if they straighten out the so called government

does anyone think for a minute the US troops will stop being targets?

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. And what does the MSM news report? The Chimps bike ride.

Where are our priorities?

[rodeodance]

9. needs more nominations.

[rodeodance]

10. and please forward to all (freind and foe alike)

[theHandpuppet]

11. Got one from me.

All these reports deserve to be nominated.

[mvd]

27. I couldn't even find the 5 deaths in the..

online headlines yesterday. :grr:

[stillcool]

12. 61 deaths this month......so far....

23-Apr-2006 3 | US: 3 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Baghdad (NW of) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Baghdad (NW of) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Baghdad (NW of) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
22-Apr-2006 5 | US: 5 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Baghdad (south of) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Baghdad (south of) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Baghdad (south of) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Baghdad (south of) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Baghdad (south of) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
21-Apr-2006 1 | US: 0 | UK: 0 | Other: 1
AUS NAME NOT RELEASED YET Baghdad (Green Zone) Non-hostile - weapon discharge (accid.)
20-Apr-2006 1 | US: 1 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire
19-Apr-2006 2 | US: 2 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Private 1st Class Patrick A. Tinnell As Siniyah - Salah ad-Din Hostile - hostile fire - car bomb
US Private 1st Class Robert J. Settle Taji Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
18-Apr-2006 1 | US: 1 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Captain Ian P. Weikel Balad (military hospital) - Salah ad-Din Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
16-Apr-2006 1 | US: 1 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Master Sergeant Clinton W. Cubert Lexington, KY Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
15-Apr-2006 6 | US: 5 | UK: 1 | Other: 0
UK Lieutenant Richard Palmer Ad Dayr (near) - Basrah Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Specialist Mark W. Melcher Al Taqqadum - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire
US Lance Corporal Justin D. Sims Ramadi - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack
US Private 1st Class Ryan G. Winslow Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Corporal Pablo V. Mayorga Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Lance Corporal Derrick J. Cothran Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
14-Apr-2006 1 | US: 1 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Lance Corporal Darin T. Settle Al Anbar Province Non-hostile - vehicle accident
13-Apr-2006 3 | US: 3 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Lance Corporal Stephen Joseph Perez Camp Taqaddum (military hospital) - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire
US Corporal Salem Bachar Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire
US Specialist Andrew K. Waits Baghdad (southwest of) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
12-Apr-2006 3 | US: 3 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Lance Corporal Marcus S. Glimpse Baghdad (west of) - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Private 1st Class Roland E. Calderon-Ascencio Al Mussayib (near) - Babil Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Specialist Scott M. Bandhold Al Mussayib (near) - Babil Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
11-Apr-2006 4 | US: 4 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Specialist Kenneth D. Hess Rawah - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - suicide bomber
US Private 1st Class George R. Roehl Jr. Taji Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire, IED
US Private 1st Class James F. Costello III Taji Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire, IED
US Corporal Joseph A. Blanco Taji Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire, IED
10-Apr-2006 2 | US: 2 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Specialist James W. "Will" Gardner Tall Afar - Ninawa Non-hostile - unspecified cause
US Sergeant 1st Class Randall L. Lamberson Balad (military hospital) - Salah ad-Din Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
09-Apr-2006 3 | US: 3 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Private 1st Class Joseph I. Love-Fowler Balad (military hospital) - Salah ad-Din Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Specialist David S. Collins Ramadi - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Sergeant 1st Class Gregory S. Rogers Ramadi - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
08-Apr-2006 4 | US: 4 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Lance Corporal Philip John Martini Al Karmah - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire
US Lance Corporal Juana NavarroArellano Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire
US Specialist Shawn R. Creighton Rawah - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Private Jody W. Missildine Tall Afar - Ninawa Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
07-Apr-2006 1 | US: 1 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Corporal Richard P. Waller Khan Dari - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire
06-Apr-2006 4 | US: 4 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Specialist Daniel L. Sesker Bayji - Salah ad-Din Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Lance Corporal Bryan N. Taylor Al Qaim (near) - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire
US Private 1st Class Chase A. Edwards Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire
US Specialist Dustin J. Harris Bayji - Salah ad-Din Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
04-Apr-2006 1 | US: 1 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Specialist Ty J. Johnson Kirkuk - At-Ta'mim Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
02-Apr-2006 13 | US: 13 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Petty Officer 3rd Class Marcques J. Nettles Al Asad (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - vehicle accident (drowning)
US Lance Corporal Eric A. Palmisano Al Asad (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - vehicle accident (drowning)
US Corporal Andres Aguilar Jr. Al Asad (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - vehicle accident (drowning)
US Private 1st Class Jeremy W. Ehle Hit - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire
US Staff Sergeant Abraham G. Twitchell Al Asad (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - vehicle accident
US Lance Corporal Felipe D. Sandoval-Flores Al Asad (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - vehicle accident
US Corporal David A. Bass Al Asad (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - vehicle accident
US Lance Corporal Patrick J. Gallagher Al Asad (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - vehicle accident
US Corporal Brian R. St. Germain Al Asad (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - vehicle accident
US Hospitalman Geovani Padillaaleman Ramadi (near) - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Staff Sergeant Eric A. McIntosh Ramadi (near) - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Lance Corporal Kun Y. Kim Ramadi (near) - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Corporal Scott J. Procopio Ramadi (near) - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
01-Apr-2006 4 | US: 4 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Chief Warrant Officer (CW3) Michael L. Hartwick Yusufiyah (W of) - Babil Hostile - helicopter crash
US Captain Timothy J. Moshier Yusufiyah (W of) - Babil Hostile - helicopter crash
US Sergeant Israel Devora Garcia Baghdad (central part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Staff Sergeant Darrell P. Clay

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

[ckramer]

17. notice there were lots of hostile fire + IED attacks lately.

Are the insurgents getting bolder and skillful in killing Americans?

[Warren Stupidity]

20. See my other post.

The ups and downs are the result of our reacting to new insurgent tactics and their reacting to our counter measures. The fact that the insurgency, now in its third year, continues to survive, learn, and adapt, indicates that we have essentially lost this war. Absent a region wide application of the level of atrocity we visited on Fallujah, its over.

[TheCowsCameHome]

13. And the RW says we're making such great progress.

Unreal. They are completely in denial.

[seemslikeadream]

15. HOW MANY MORE GEORGIE, HOW MANY MORE?

Army dreamers.
Mammy’s hero.
B.f.p.o.
Mammy’s hero.

Our little army boy
Is coming home from b.f.p.o.
I’ve a bunch of purple flowers
To decorate a mammy’s hero.

Mourning in the aerodrome,
The weather warmer, he is colder.
Four men in uniform
To carry home my little soldier.

What could he do?
Should have been a rock star.
But he didn’t have the money for a guitar.
What could he do?
Should have been a politician.
But he never had a proper education.
What could he do?
Should have been a father.
But he never even made it to his twenties.
What a waste --
Army dreamers.
Ooh, what a waste of
Army dreamers.

Tears o’er a tin box.
Oh, jesus christ, he wasn’t to know,
Like a chicken with a fox,
He couldn’t win the war with ego.

Give the kid the pick of pips,
And give him all your stripes and ribbons.
Now he’s sitting in his hole,
He might as well have buttons and bows.

What could he do?
Should have been a rock star.
But he didn’t have the money for a guitar.
What could he do?
Should have been a politician.
But he never had a proper education.
What could he do?
Should have been a father.
But he never even made it to his twenties.
What a waste --
Army dreamers.
Ooh, what a waste of
Army dreamers.
Ooh, what a waste of all that
Army dreamers,
Army dreamers,
Army dreamers, oh...

(b.f.p.o.)
Did-n-did-n-did-n-dum...
Army dreamers.
Did-n-did-n-did-n-dum...
(mammy’s hero.)
(b.f.p.o.)
Army dreamers.
(mammy’s hero.)
(b.f.p.o.)
No harm heroes.
(mammy’s hero.)
(b.f.p.o.)
Army dreamers.
(mammy’s hero.)
(b.f.p.o.)
No harm heroes.

Kate Bush

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

16. I fear

the ONLY way to get the attention of the power elite is to take to the streets. As it is now, since we see nothing on TV and nothing in the streets, then nothing is wrong............. :shrug:, as far as they are concerned.

[Warren Stupidity]

18. Seems like the insurgency has figured out anti-IED tactics.

The news is of course horrible. Can we bring our troops home alive now?

On the other hand there is something fascinating about the IED battle. If you pay attention you will notice that the IED casulty rate has peaks and valleys. The rate goes up for a while, then we deploy new counter measures or revise our patrol tactics and the rate goes down. The insurgents figure out how to circumvent our tactics and technology and the rate goes back up. Some of the stuff we are doing appears to be quite high tech - signal jamming for example. What is happening with IEDs is a metaphor for the whole problem of asymmetric warfare conflicts, the current euphemism for 'how to occupy a hostile nation without winding up in an evacuation of Saigon end game nightmare'. What technology can't do, it seems, is overcome the basic reality that the insurgents live there and aren't going to go away, while the occupying force does not live there and will sooner or later grow weary of the endless violence and go away.

To all of the lingering 'Pottery Barn' rationalizers: how many new dishes are we going to break, for how many more years, before we realize that it is our presence in the pottery barn that is breaking the dishes to begin with?

[Bigmack]

21. I used to think the insurgents were slow learners....

... now I think they just took a while to realize the US wasn't leaving. From what I can tell, the learning curve of the insurgents is really steep.

[admsitio]

23. i support

I support your point Warren.

[ckramer]

28. As long as Iraqi army can't win the battle without Americans' support

It's over.

Goooooood morning Vietnam!

[Warren Stupidity]

41. What Iraqi army?

Read between the lines of the bullshit parade that passes for news. The 'Iraqi Army' is in reality composed in large part of sectarian militia who have loyalties elsewhere and are using the Iraqi Army as a source of material supplies and intelligence. The 'Iraqi Army' is not trusted to go on missions without a superior force of US Army handlers. Think about that.

In Baghdad last week or perhaps the week before shiite units of the 'Iraqi Army' got loose of their handlers and went out on a militia mission and ended up in a seven hour gun battle as they took on a sunni neighborhood. Kurdish militia units hardly even bother with going through the motions of pretending to be 'Iraqi Army'. They know what the score is. Their militia units have maintained their organizational identitity throughout this phase of the bloody farce.

In some fictional occupation we are taking Iraqis from all factions, isolating them from their former lives, and training them into cohesive national units. In reality we are just arming and training sectarian militia units in advance of the inevitable breakup of the former state of Iraq.

[maddezmom]

19. AP; 3 U.S. Soldiers, 23 Iraqis Killed in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Three U.S. soldiers were killed Sunday when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb northwest of the capital, raising to eight the number of Americans killed this weekend in Baghdad area.

More than 20 Iraqis also died in other violence Sunday, including seven who were killed in three explosions that occurred just outside the heavily guarded Green Zone in Baghdad, not far from Iraq's Defense Ministry.

The violence occurred one day after Iraq's parliament met inside the Green Zone to elect top government officials in a breakthrough in a long political standoff.

U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad repeated his call Sunday for the quick creation of a Cabinet comprising "competent" ministers "who will work for all Iraqis and bring Iraqis together."

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060423/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_

[tabasco]

22. The Decider sent these guys to get killed for no reason

other than corporate profits.

While these soldiers were getting killed The Decider was "living life to it's fullest" riding his mountain bike.

"The president spent Saturday morning with a small pack of riders about 90 minutes north of San Francisco. "I still ride the mountain bike -- primarily to help settle the soul and to burn off the excess energy one gets when you're living life to its fullest," Bush told a reporter on the 65-minute ride."




RIP, soldiers.

[arewenotdemo]

24. "living life to it's fullest"

too fucking incredible.

He's LAUGHING at the cannon fodder and the relatives of the cannon fodder.

I thought his "I have to move on with my life" was his best line ever and would never be topped, but George Bush just did it!

I should have reminded myself that this was a guy who was GUNG-HO for the Vietnam Conflict and yet found the personal courage to decline volunteering for foreign duty.

I, for one, have really misunderestimated him.

[tabasco]

26. Not only did he decline to volunteer for foreign duty ...

but he used family connections to jump ahead of hundreds of people on a waiting list to get into the champagne Guard unit.

Lots of guys wanted to get into the National Guard back then because the Guard was not being deployed to Vietnam. The waiting lists for available Guard slots was miles long. Amazingly, GW Bush moved to the front of the line. I guess it was his obvious potential for being an outstanding pilot. Haha. Such great potential that he did not satisfactorily complete his tour of duty and was grounded for further flight training because he failed to take a flight physical.

Now this coward sends men to die for no good reason.

I can't put into words how much I hate him.

[jbnow]

25. Don't forget 4 Canadians killed

in Afghanistan this weekend.

http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2006/04/23/1546546-sun.html
Sun, April 23, 2006

An Edmonton soldier seriously wounded in a suicide attack in Afghanistan in January says he wasn't surprised when he learned four Canadian troops were killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan yesterday.

"Unfortunately, this is the kind of thing we expect to happen during this war," said Master Cpl. Paul Franklin, who had both legs amputated after surviving an attack near Kandahar.

"These men paid the ultimate price, and quite possibly saved the lives of many others (by bearing the full brunt of the explosion). We all take that risk, and we all grieve for their families," said Franklin.

Lieut. William Turner of Toronto, Bombardier Myles Mansell of Victoria, Cpl. Randy Payne of Wainright and Cpl. Matthew Dinning of Richmond Hill, Ont., were killed yesterday when their light-armoured G-Wagon stuck an improvised roadside bomb 75 km north of Kandahar.

[Danmel]

29. Page 27 in Newsday

Not exactly front page news. I don't even know what to say anymore- every single death in this war is a tragedy. My heart goes out to everyone who has lost someone in this clusterfuck wet dream war of the Boy King.

[rodeodance]

35. sad to hear that.

[xchrom]

30. the insurgents are liberating the liberators.

they're just returning the favor to us.

[rodeodance]

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34. kick for the troops

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