Roadside bombs kill 5 U.S. soldiers in Iraq Sunday

[maddezmom]

Source: CNN

Roadside bombs kill 5 U.S. soldiers in Iraq Sunday
BAGHDAD (CNN) -- Two roadside bomb attacks killed five U.S. soldiers in Iraq Sunday, according to the U.S. military. Four Task Force Lightning Soldiers were killed and two others were wounded when a bomb exploded near their patrol in Diyala Province, the military said.

Another U.S. soldier was killed and two others were wounded when by a roadside bomb blast in northwest Baghdad, the military said. The soldier was involved in a route-clearance mission, the military said. The names of the dead have not been released.



Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/03/25/sunday/index.html

[youngdem]

1. Now THAT is how you support the troops, right CHENEY!?!?!?

:banghead:


Condolences to the soldier's families.

[Whoa_Nelly]

2. 3241

is now the new total :cry:

[Malikshah]

3. R.I.P. May your deaths not be in vain. And may your families find

comfort.

[wellst0nev0ter]

4. Godspeed, Soldiers

:patriot:

[rodeodance]

5. oh my Gawd!!!!!!!

[rodeodance]

6. and Another 4 wounded in these Bombs---I fear for them also.

[rodeodance]

7. AP: 2 bombs kill 5 U.S. soliders in Iraq

2 bombs kill 5 U.S. soliders in Iraq

By KIM GAMEL, Associated Press Writer 5 minutes ago

BAGHDAD - Roadside bombs killed five U.S. soldiers in
Iraq Sunday, including four in a single strike in a volatile province northeast of the capital, the military said.
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In Baghdad, gunmen on rooftops opened fire on Iraqi soldiers, prompting fierce fighting in the narrow streets and alleys of one of the capital's oldest neighborhoods, a Sunni insurgent stronghold and a haven for criminals on the east side of the Tigris River. At least two civilians were killed and four others were wounded in the clashes, police said, as U.S. attack helicopters buzzed overhead.

Four U.S. soldiers were killed and two others were wounded, according to a statement, when an explosion struck their patrol in Diyala province, a religiously mixed area that has seen fierce fighting in recent months.

A roadside bomb also killed a soldier and wounded two others as they were checking for bombs on a road in northwestern Baghdad, the military said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070325/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_ylt=AirGuCO_MjC8fRqAwFGkptes0NUE

[rodeodance]

8. killing four civilian contractors.-Blackwater USA crashed

A helicopter owned by the private security company Blackwater USA crashed in heavy gunfire in the area on Jan. 23, killing four civilian contractors. A fifth contractor in a second helicopter died of gunshot wounds.

The U.S. military, meanwhile, raised the death toll in a suicide truck bombing against a police station in Baghdad on Saturday to 33 police officers, saying 20 other policemen and 24 civilians were wounded. Iraqi police said 20 people were killed in the strike, which was the deadliest of a series of suicide bombings nationwide.

The new toll would raise to 87 the number of people killed or found dead in Iraq on Saturday — 60 in suicide bombings.

[rodeodance]

9. The U.S. military, meanwhile, raised the death toll in a suicide truck

The U.S. military, meanwhile, raised the death toll in a suicide truck bombing against a police station in Baghdad on Saturday to 33 police officers, saying 20 other policemen and 24 civilians were wounded. Iraqi police said 20 people were killed in the strike, which was the deadliest of a series of suicide bombings nationwide.

The new toll would raise to 87 the number of people killed or found dead in Iraq on Saturday — 60 in suicide bombings.

[rodeodance]

10. k

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11. k

[rodeodance]

15. 5, 2, 2, 6, 3, 1 , 9 (each day for the past week)

Period 5: December 15, 2005 (the day after Iraq General Elections) through today's date.
Period Date US UK Other* Total
5 03/25/07 5 0 0 5
5 03/23/07 2 0 0 2
5 03/22/07 2 0 0 2
5 03/21/07 6 0 0 6
5 03/20/07 3 0 0 3
5 03/18/07 1 0 0 1
5 03/17/07 9 0 0 9
5 03/16/07 1 0 0 1
5 03/15/07 6 0 0 6
5 03/14/07 6 0 0 6
5 03/13/07 3 0 0 3
5 03/11/07 5 0 0 5
5 03/09/07 1 0 0 1
5 03/07/07 4 0 0 4
5 03/05/07 9 0 0 9
5 03/04/07 1 1 0 2
5 03/03/07 4 0 0 4
5 03/02/07 7 0 0 7

[rodeodance]

17. 75 so far this month (if I count right)

[karlrschneider]

12. Well, that "surge" is working out really well, right George?

:grr:

[IndianaGreen]

14. The surge is working great, according to General Petraeus

I don't see the good general riding in a convoy through Anbar Province.

[MadMaddie]

28. and he is probably riding in the new vehicle that is safer than the

humvees the soldiars are using.

They only get 20 or so of the new vehicles, anyone betting that only the brass get to use the new vehicles?

[goclark]

13. When will the "Surge" start?

[Bigmack]

16. Think this is bad? Wait until...

US troops are placed, in small units, in the various neighborhoods.

Over-run, captured, and executed.... or worse.

Only a matter of time... the bad guys/insurgents/freedom fighters have shown they have a steep learning curve.

[rodeodance]

19. as Us soldiers were telling civilians to leave--looters were coming in the

doors----(in the neighbor hood of the pods)---they showed this on the evening news last night.

[rodeodance]

18. AP--Hit on Iraqi official seen as inside job---this fits here! --

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=post&forum=102&topic_id=2781046&mesg_id=2781046

Hit on Iraqi official seen as inside job

By STEVEN R. HURST and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated Press Writers 1 hour, 9 minutes ago

BAGHDAD - The suicide attack against
Iraq's Sunni deputy prime minister is now seen as an inside job carried out by a member of his own security detail — a distant relative who had been arrested as an insurgent, freed at the official's request, then hired as a bodyguard, a senior security official and an aide to the victim told The Associated Press on Sunday.
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The assassination attempt, at least the third major security breach involving a top politician in four months, prompted Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to order a government-wide security shake up, including plans to hire a foreign company to guard the Green Zone building where parliament meets, the security official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak with reporters.

A suicide attacker came within feet of Deputy Prime Minister Salam al-Zubaie and exploded his vest during a Friday prayer service in the private mosque attached to al-Zubaie home. The Sunni official was seriously wounded and nine people were killed.

[Erika]

20. This is an internal civil war

It has nothing to do with the supposed WOT,

[rodeodance]

25. yes, yes, yes.

[Olney Blue]

21. Meanwhile, Laura and George are sleeping well at night.....

[Kool Kitty]

30. ...while the rest of us haven't had

a decent night's sleep since the day he was inaugurated.

[rodeodance]

22. k

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23. k

[rodeodance]

24. k

[annabanana]

26. Sadness for miles. . . . . n/t

[CrazyOrangeCat]

27. K

[babylonsister]

29. Rec'd. And now I don't even believe the 'reasons' we're given. nt

[Massachusetts]

31. Still FUBAR georgie boy

May those troops RIP.

[Ilsa]

32. God grant them peace. And more soldiers are dying from

small arms fire now. When you go to icasualties.org, scroll down to the monthly totals and click on the month, not as many are from IEDs anymore. But more appear to be from small battles.

http://icasualties.org/oif/