AP: 2 U.S. soldiers killed in Baghdad blast

[Eugene]

Posted on Sun, Sep. 03, 2006

2 U.S. soldiers killed in Baghdad blast
Associated Press

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two U.S. soldiers were killed in eastern Baghdad Sunday morning
when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb, the U.S. military command said.

The names of the soldiers and of their units was being withheld while military
officials contact their families.

More than 2,600 American troops have died in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion
began in March 2003, according to a tally by The Associated Press. At least 2,100
of those were killed by hostile action.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/15433107.htm

[leftchick]

1. 2644 dead

to be exact. :(

[ixion]

2. Per Herr Rummy's command, please rewrite the headline to read:

Brave US Soldiers Glorified in the Battle against Eurasia.

[ShortnFiery]

3. Another Tragedy

:cry:

[Erika]

4. W's legacy - his war of choice n/t

[0007]

5. Throw two 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

[AnotherMother4Peace]

6. k & r - lest they be forgotten. May their families find peace. n/t

[brentspeak]

7. RIP, brave soldiers

[rodeodance]

8. and they list 2 more that died since Friday. 2, 647 total (AP press count

In Anbar province, a Marine assigned to Regimental Combat Team 7 died Sunday of wounds sustained during enemy action, according to the military.

A Marine assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5 also died Friday from wounds sustained due to enemy activity in Anbar, the military said in a separate statement.

The names of the troops were being withheld while military officials contact their families.

At least 2,647 members of the U.S. military have died since the Iraq war started in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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[Olney Blue]

9. How many more?

[IChing]

10. Bring em home now

I can't express how this gets to me having lost friends in Vietnam and watching it happen year after year after year.