U.S. Troop Deaths in Iraq Again Rising

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040326/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_us_toll_rising&cid=540&ncid=1480

WASHINGTON - After a marked decline in U.S. troop deaths in Iraq (news - web sites) in February, the toll is again escalating.


So far this month 37 U.S. troops and two Department of the Army civilians have died, according to the Pentagon (news - web sites)'s count. The two civilians, Fern L. Holland and Robert J. Zangas, were the first Pentagon civilians to be killed in Iraq. They were slain by Iraqi policemen on March 9.


The Pentagon's count does not include a Marine who was reported killed Friday in heavy fighting in the city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad. The Marine's name has not been released so he is not yet on the Pentagon list.


On Thursday another Marine, Lance Cpl. Jeffrey C. Burgess, 20, of Plymouth, Mass., was killed near Fallujah. This week, the Marines took over authority in Fallujah and surrounding areas from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division. The city is situated in the so-called Sunni Triangle, where support for Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) was strong and rebel attacks on American forces are frequent.

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[Mari333]

1. Get the kids out now.

the longer they are there the more they hate us and I mean hate us. Its a clusterf*ck.
Get the kids out now.
http://www.bringthemhomenow.com

[Streetdoc270]

2. Rated 1.43 needs help

This is a importent story that needs attention while Bush runs ads talking about security and saftey, the War in Iraq is still not over, no matter what they try to tell us...

[RamboLiberal]

3. My theory why they declined in Feb was that units rotating out

were busy packing up and for the most part hunkering down in their bases as much as possible. I would imagine there might have been some generous commanders and sgts. in those units who were trying to keep their troops out of harm's way.

Now the newbies are out again having to do the work. And I think the Iraqi police are never going to be properly equipped and up to snuff to handle this themselves.

It seems some days you have to dig deep in the news to even find the casualty reports.

I'm glad DU is such a good source.

Sad to see the idiot in the WH repeated the mistakes of LBJ.

[Ilsa]

4. Rating up to 3.05 now.

I was thinking about this after the news from Fallujuh today, how the KIA count decreased a little in February, now it's way up again. So things are getting safer, huh? We only just took control of that area, after a whole year, if I understood ABC News correctly tonight.

"'Bring 'Em On' cried the Chimp." I love it when our beloved DU'er reminds us of his brazen indifference. Rat Bastard Chimp.

"Bush is a vile piece of festering pus-laden scab juice," from DU'er Zomby Wolf.

[saigon68]

5. "Bring Em On" screeched President Cheney's Clueless Sock-Puppet

More Gold Star Families made up of grieving widows and parent less children.

More profits for Brown and Root and Halliburton.

[Coventina]

6. If military people vote for Bush

They are "morans".