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Eugene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-27-07 05:44 PM
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U.S. soldier, contractor killed in Iraq
Edited on Tue Mar-27-07 05:44 PM by Eugene
Source: Associated Press

Tuesday, March 27, 2007 · Last updated 2:55 p.m. PT
U.S. soldier, contractor killed in Iraq

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BAGHDAD -- A U.S. soldier and an American working as a U.S.
government contractor were killed in a rocket attack Tuesday
on the heavily guarded Green Zone, location of the American
Embassy in Baghdad, officials said.

"It is with a profound sense of sadness and regret that we
announce the loss of a U.S. Government contractor as the
result of a rocket attack on the International Zone in Baghdad,
Iraq," Charge d'Affairs Daniel Speckhard said in a statement
issued late Tuesday.

The U.S. military said in a separate statement that a soldier
was also killed in the attack.

-snip-

Read more: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1107AP_Iraq_Green_Zone_Attack.html
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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-27-07 05:45 PM
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1. as the green zone turns red.
there is a solution.

LEAVE. It is not our country. It is not our oil. It is not our civil war. time to leave.
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-27-07 05:47 PM
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2. So there really was an attack on the Green Zone today? I wondered
if that rumor was true. I'm just surprised we heard about it.

I still wonder what happened at Camp Falcon (or whatever). You know, the one where the soldiers recorded those huge explosions. There was a You Tube video on here at one time. Never ever heard anything about that now, have we?
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-27-07 05:58 PM
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3. 'profound sense of sadness' over mercenary---oh, a solider, too.
WTF??? the soldier was prolly guarding that blackwater/halliburton piece of dung (RIP, dung)
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Danieljay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-27-07 06:09 PM
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4. you noticed that too? Profound sense of sadness for the contractor..oh ya, a US Soldier died too...
This is sad.
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-27-07 07:33 PM
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6. Sad ?? Its atrocious
Hired thugs and hoodlums making $2,000.00 a day

When old people go without medication and children starve.

It more compassionate christianity at work

(Who would Jayzeus kill?)
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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-27-07 07:43 PM
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7. Yeah..."oh, by the way, a soldier died too..."
:grr: :mad: :puke:
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ingac70 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-27-07 07:52 PM
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8. Blackwater has more private security personnel in Iraq than Britian has troops.
This is an outsourced war. Over 770 contractors (truckdrivers, construction workers, mercs, etc) have been killed in this conflict. They don't add that to the casualty count.
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Occulus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-27-07 11:57 PM
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10. Let us all keep in mind that
Edited on Tue Mar-27-07 11:57 PM by kgfnally
the Blackwater business, as a business, and accompanied by others of its ilk, has presence in Iraq solely for the money to be made.

NOT for "freedom". NOT for "democracy".

For money.

ed.: changed a word to appease the grammar gods
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pokercat999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-27-07 07:17 PM
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5. When rockets start falling in the "green zone" on a
regular basis we are on our last legs. Gutless cheney, the American occupation of Iraq is in it's last throes. Who will be last American soldier to die for your lost cause? I hope his father finds you and I hope the secret service, steps aside.
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daleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-27-07 11:16 PM
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9. Lots of rockets into the Green Zone lately
I guess someone has found the range. There is no safe haven now.
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