7 US Troops die in Iraq Violence - AP

[peacebird]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070318/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

BAGHDAD - The U.S. military on Sunday announced the deaths of seven more troops in Iraq, including four killed by a roadside bomb while patrolling western Baghdad — the latest American casualties in a monthlong security crackdown in the capital.

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I heard on BBC this morning our new man in Iraq saying that things were going well. :wtf: We lost 6 yesterday and 7 today? I don't think I can stand it if things keep going this *well*

:cry:

(edit for type)

[zanne]

1. Seems like the fatalities have revved up some.

I don't have the numbers, but there sure seems to be alot of multiple fatalities lately.

[rodeodance]

2. no, these 7 were all from Saturday according to this:

After the explosion that killed four U.S. soldiers on Saturday, the unit came under fire and another soldier was wounded. During this month's crackdown in the capital, the battalion had found eight weapons caches and two roadside bombs and helped rescue a kidnap victim, the military said.

An explosion in Diyala province northeast of Baghdad killed another soldier Saturday and injured five. A sixth soldier died Saturday in a non-combat related incident, the military said. A U.S. Marine also was killed Saturday in fighting in Anbar, according to a separate statement.

Saturday's deaths brought to at least 3,217 members of the U.S. military who have died since the Iraq war started in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

[peacebird]

4. you are right, I read too quickly.... 3,217 as of Saturday... sigh.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

3. Last night, I read somewhere . . .

. . . that there have been 53 killed so far in March.

(Who knows how many are badly injured . . .)

For what, Shrub? You bloody monster . . .:grr:

[alcibiades_mystery]

5. And the beat goes on...dada dum da-dum da da

Welcome to the Desert of the Real...

[donkeyotay]

6. The propaganda catapult is really flinging it

The surge is working. They're out in force; they've even got Delay. C-span seems further right than usual. They must be worried.

[DemoTex]

7. Bu$hco hates the US public far more than it fears it.

Until Bu$h and his cabal fear us far more than they hate us, this slaughter will continue. After all, what have they to fear? Our indifference to their emasculation of the supreme laws of the land (including, especially, Gonzo's shredding of the Geneva Conventions and the subsequent protection that afforded Bu$hco against prosecution for their manifold war crimes) has only emboldened Bu$hco's contemptuous rampages against world opinion. Until they fear us mightily, Bu$hco's inoculation (mostly by their manipulation of the judiciary and the "press") from the consequences of malfeasance will only grow stronger. After all, there is a lot to lose. And, according to the little Bu$h himself, "Money trumps peace."

[peacebird]

10. that "gusher" of yours is perfectly apt - and tragic as well.....

[DemoTex]

12. I should credit BartCop. That is BartCop's body-count blood gusher.

http://www.bartcop.com/
About 3/4 down the page. Bart gets it. Every issue runs the current count with the gusher. Tragic indeed.

[IndianaGreen]

8. You heard it right, peacebird! Gen. Petraeus was quoted as saying things were looking up in Iraq.

I wonder if in a past life Petraeus was the German general that sold Hitler on the idea that invading Russia in late summer would be a cakewalk.

[still_one]

9. I simply don't care. We have American Idol and Survivor to be concerned about

It has been four years into this war which, and the last election started to show people's dissatisfaction with it. But it isn't enough. The Senate is essentially deadlocked, and it must be remembered that in 2004 the citizens essentially reelected this administration twice, knowing full well of this administration's intentions. "They fixed the election", doesn't cut it. If enough people were against the war in 2004, and actually came out and voted it would have been different.

but there were other priorities, and the sacraficing that the Americans needed to do included Self-indelgence and entertainment at the top of their list...

[peacebird]

11. Faux Noise led with Anna Nichols baby while Valerie Plame testified....

Tweety had Rudy as a top topic.....

[still_one]

13. unfortunately it appears that our leadership is a reflection of the people that voted them in

or didn't bother to vote

[rodeodance]

14. 7 more American troops killed in Iraq (at top of Yahoo)

7 more American troops killed in Iraq

Enlarge Photo APAP - 16 minutes ago

BAGHDAD - The U.S. military on Sunday announced the deaths of seven more troops in Iraq, including four killed by a roadside bomb while patrolling western Baghdad — the latest American casualties in a monthlong security crackdown in the capital.


http://news.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Aj1hSWtGSWcBgYBtoDlMvGoGw_IE

[maddezmom]

15. and another non-combat died...makes 8 for Saturday

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070318-01
Mar. 18, 2007

Task Force Lightning Soldier dies in non-combat related incident
MND-N PAO


TIKRIT, Iraq – A Task Force Lightning Soldier died Saturday in a non-combat related incident, which is currently under investigation.

The name of the deceased is being withheld pending notification of next of kin and release by the Department of Defense.

http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10680&Itemid=21

Marine killed Saturday, 7th U.S. military combat death that day
BAGHDAD (CNN) -- A U.S. Marine died during combat in Iraq's Anbar province on Saturday, the seventh U.S. military combat death on that day, according to the U.S. military.

In addition, a U.S. soldier died Saturday in a non-combat-related incident.

The Marine was assigned to Multi National Force-West.

With the death, 3,220 U.S. military personnel have died in the Iraq war. That includes 56 killed in March. (Posted 10 a.m.)

more:http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/03/18/sunday/index.html

Seem like they are trying hard to bury the numbers of non-combat related deaths

[maddezmom]

16. my counting might be off but it looks like 10 deaths since Saturday

Sunday, 18 March 2007 Coalition forces capture 12 suspected terrorists
Sunday, 18 March 2007 Task Force Lightning Soldier dies in non-combat related incident
Sunday, 18 March 2007 Improvised explosive device strikes MND-B patrol
Sunday, 18 March 2007 Task Force Lightning Soldier dies in non-combat related incident
Sunday, 18 March 2007 Iraqi Army leading operations in Mosul
Sunday, 18 March 2007 Iraqi Police react quickly and detain five involved in mortar attack
Sunday, 18 March 2007 Marine casualty in combat operations in Al-Anbar
Sunday, 18 March 2007 MND-B Soldiers evacuate two Iraqi women after mortar attack
Sunday, 18 March 2007 Medical assistance operation in Sadr City
Sunday, 18 March 2007 Rule of Law finds a home in Musayyib
Sunday, 18 March 2007 Task Force Lightning Soldier killed
Saturday, 17 March 2007 Roadside bomb strikes MND-B patrol
Saturday, 17 March 2007 MND-B Soldiers kill two insurgents before they can plant
Saturday, 17 March 2007 Anti-government demonstration occurs in Sadr City
Saturday, 17 March 2007 COALITION FORCES DETAIN 18 SUSPECTED TERRORISTS
Saturday, 17 March 2007 Two dump trucks, one pick up truck containing chlorine explode in Al Anbar
Saturday, 17 March 2007 MNC-I Soldier a casualty
http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=1&id=4&Itemid=21

[xchrom]

17. can you feel it? -- it's a surge, baby!

[Javaman]

18. You are feeling very sleepy...don't read the news...very sleepy...

everything is going well...so tired, your eyelids are heavy...we are winning the war...you feel like a lead wieght...