2 U.S. troops killed, 25 wounded in Iraq (AND-- 2 OTHER US troops died)

[rodeodance]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060914/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

2 U.S. troops killed, 25 wounded in Iraq

1 hour, 51 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide car bomber killed two U.S. soldiers and wounded 25 in Baghdad on Thursday, the U.S. command said. The attack brought to five the number of Americans who have died in
Iraq since Wednesday.


The suicide bomber struck just after noon west of Baghdad.

It said the wounded Soldiers were evacuated by helicopter to a military hospital. Of the 25 wounded, six have been returned to duty and 15 were listed as not serious.

Also in Baghdad, one soldier died from wounds early Thursday after his unit came under attack by small arms fire. Another soldier died after his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb south of Baghdad.

A soldier attached to the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade of the 25th Infantry Division died from wounds received Wednesday by enemy fire near Mosul........

[displacedtexan]

1. Damn!

[rodeodance]

2. 2,676

........At least 2,676 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

[zeemike]

3. Remember now those are just numbers

And numbers just add up after a while so stop counting and everything will be alright.
Sarcasm off

[wellst0nev0ter]

11. Still Safer Than Downtown Philly

:sarcasm:

[Karenina]

4. WHY are Americans being shot in Iraq?

:shrug:

[grytpype]

6. For freedumb.

[leftchick]

8. for our freedoms and

so they shoot them there so they don't shoot us here? :(

[RufusEarl]

5. I'm so sick and tired, of being sick and tired.

As my head pounds the top of my desk, i can't get the thought of those kids out of my head. Two more years of this stupidity and the numbers keep going up, this shakes my faith to the bone.

[Rebel_with_a_cause]

12. It's ain't called "The Long War" for nothin'.

"Generational commitment" makes it at least a 25 year-long invasion/occupation. If you're 50, welcome to the rest of your life expectancy.

[RaleighNCDUer]

7. by my reading, that was 3 others

that were relegated to footnotes.

5 killed and 25+ wounded today.

[Ilsa]

9. CNN: Iraq suicide blast kills 2 U.S. soldiers at Army outpost

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/14/iraq.main/index.html

Iraq suicide blast kills 2 U.S. soldiers at Army outpost

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A suicide truck bomb hit a U.S. Army outpost Thursday in Baghdad, killing two American soldiers and leaving 25 wounded, the U.S. military said.

One soldier was killed at the scene of the attack, while the second died of his wounds at a hospital, doctors at a U.S. combat hospital said.

The division's commander, Maj. Gen. J.D. Thurman, visited the wounded soon after the attack. (Watch the emotional scene as mass casualties arrive at a combat hospital -- 2:15)

A member of the 4th Infantry Division said that some of the wounded soldiers had been resting at the outpost before they were to go back out on patrol.

There is a link to video on the way to hospital.

[rodeodance]

35. more tramatic brain injuries (whether visible or not as shows up later)

[Rebel_with_a_cause]

10. Losing control of Iraq before the election....

The Iraqis, and all the other "focus" groups that Bush has managed to concentrate in Iraq post- "shock and awe," are probably going to be ratcheting up the firepower against US occupied forces before the election.

[ECH1969]

13. Breaking: A suicide truck bomb hit a U.S. Army position in Baghdad

A suicide truck bomb hit a U.S. Army position in Baghdad today, killing two U.S. soldiers and wounding 25

http://www.cnn.com/

[saigon68]

14. " BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

[VolcanoJen]

22. Jesus.

Get our fucking soldiers out of there NOW.

Iraq has descended into the deepest depths of hell. I am sickened.

[opihimoimoi]

15. And Bush wants to STAY THE COURSE??? Tell that to the victims

Sheer Madness through Obstinance

[BattyDem]

16. Shit! I know someone stationed in Baghdad

:scared:

DUers ... please post more info if you hear something. Thanks.

[malmapus]

27. Are they 4th ID?

Looks like that's who got hit today by this bomb.

[BrotherBuzz]

30. Other support units are often assigned to Divisions

Engineer Battalions, transport units, medical companies, and the like, so the information can be a little sketchy and misleading at times.

[malmapus]

31. Was easier in mine, we were all 3rd Group heh.

Although the 112th Signal Bn did do some support. But yeah, I get ya.

[BattyDem]

33. Thanks for the info

I'm sorry I didn't reply sooner - I had to go out.

He's fine. :-) He's not in the 4th ID.

[aquart]

17. So our people are sitting ducks?

Thanks, George.

[gully]

18. So "terrorism is up under Bush?"

Sad.

[rsmith6621]

19. Hey!!!!! Were Fighting Them Over There......

.....So We Dont Have To Fightem over here.....GWB

[Hand]

26. Maybe we could win over here... nt

[xchrom]

20. mission accomplished for these soldiers.

i'll take a wild guess here -- and say that some of those wounded won't make it.

sounds like a tough bomb.

[maxsolomon]

21. they've GOT to be running out of explosives soon.

right?

i mean, we've sealed the borders for a while now, so its a finite supply being depleted with every attack. right?

right?

:sarcasm: is all i've got left.

[VolcanoJen]

23. Last Throes. Adapt to Win. Stay the Course....

... alter the Geneva Conventions. Fight them over there instead of here. Use our military as target practice for terrorists.

I am absolutely sickened by this horrible turn of events. Saw it on CNN, and it moved me to tears.

[bvar22]

24. Staying a "FAILED" course....

..only leads to more FAILURE!

[StaggerLee]

25. and the creation of more gold star mothers

:cry:

[democrank]

28. Sweet Jesus, is there no end to this?

Bring our troops home and replace them with the chickenhawks.

[rodeodance]

34. this war would end real quick that way.

[bdamomma]

37. see what happens if they ever called a draft and those

sons and daughters of repubs were asked to fight, see how fast that war would end.

[catnhatnh]

29. What Braindead Dumb Fuck......

Allowed more than 30 US troops to congregate outside a fortified position??? At that point they may have become the highest priority target in all of Iraq....and know this-an infantry trained E-4 would have had his ass chewed OFF if he even allowed this to happen in a training exercise....Some stupid sonofabitch NEEDS to be court-martialed.

[sweetheart]

32. The thick skin of modern government

The actors are hidden behind 10000 walls, so what else can some poor
missile strike but a gate in the complex.

[0007]

36. Pile the bodies higher!

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

[yellowcanine]

38. Shit, September is going to even worse than August at this rate.

[Az_lefty]

39. Now there's a soldier missing...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2512792