Six wounded in Baghdad as coalition looks for international security force

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BAGHDAD (AFP) - Five US soldiers and an Iraqi translator were wounded in attacks and a police station was torched as the US-led coalition scoured the globe for nations willing to replace some of its combat-weary troops.

Iraqi civilians were also being struck down in the low-level war between US troops and loyalists of Saddam Hussein, while a military spokesman acknowledged four people were killed by US fire during a hunt for the fugitive strongman in Baghdad's upmarket neighborhood of Mansur last week.

In a bold move, insurgents wounded three soldiers and an Iraqi translator in an anti-tank rocket and bomb attack Monday near the heavily-fortified Baghdad police headquarters, the nexus for law enforcement in the city of five million.

It was the second attack of the day after soldiers were again ambushed on the lethal route to Baghdad airport, where convoys regularly come under fire.

"Today, at 9:25 am (0525 GMT), on the airport road, an improvised explosive device was thrown on a convoy of the Third Armoured Division," Sergeant Marc Ingham said. "Two soldiers were wounded and one Humvee disabled."

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[bluestateguy]

1. Everytime this happens

A press release should go out from one or more of the Democratic presidential candidates reminding the American people of the failure of this policy and the need for new leadership in Washington.

[JoFerret]

2. What?

Nobody killed in "combat"? Not worth noting then.

[SpiralHawk]

3. August unleashes the dogs of war

As it ever has been, they are ugly. They go for the throat.


Peace. May peace prevail.

[teryang]

4. Double duty fall back excuse

Now that Saddam's "loyalists" are virtually defeated according to "Coalition" sources, the continued attacks are now blamed on "Al qaeda" fighters.

This kills three birds with one stone. It explains how casualties mount while "winning" the war against Saddam loyalists. It proves that there is no popular resistance as more brazen attacks take place daily. At the same time, it cleverly supplements WMD with the non existent Al qaeda connection as a reason to go on with the bloody and costly colonial conquest by styling it as the "war against terror."

According to "coalition sources" there is no legitimate indigeneous resistance to our illegimate rule only foreign intelopers who have no reason to be there. Funny, isn't that what we are?

What a miraculous metamorphosis! Arab nationalism can't wait to submit American rule. They also have no objection to giving us complete run of their country, military bases, residences, pipelines and all. Time to go back to "reality" tv and suv rebate commercials.

[rooboy]

5. The coalition of the willing was up to more than 50 nations...

and they can't find anyone to provide troops? What country wouldn't want its soldiers covered in flowers and dancing with Iraqis in the streets?

[jenk]

6. of course...it's been too quiet recently

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