One US soldier killed, two wounded in Iraq ( not dupe)

[Flagg]

One US soldier killed, two wounded in Iraq




BAGHDAD (AFP) - A US soldier was killed and two were wounded in a roadside bombing near Iskandariyah, 40 kilometres (25 miles) south of the Iraqi capital, a military spokesperson said.



"One US soldier was killed and two were wounded when their convoy was attacked with an improvised explosive device near Iskandariyah around 11 am (0700 GMT) today," the spokesperson said.


US soldiers shot an unknown number of suspects fleeing the scene, while the wounded troops were treated at a coalition military base, she added.


The death raises to 606 the number of US soldiers killed in action, according to numbers from the Pentagon (news - web sites), since the US military invaded Iraq (news - web sites) in March 2003.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040607/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_us_toll&cid=1514&ncid=1473

[Kira]

1. How many died this weekend?

I kept seeing a lot of numbers.

[callous taoboy]

2. Seems like it was around 580

only a short time ago.

[daleo]

3. The old 600 figure is being trotted out again

The other 200+ don't count, since they were "accidents".

[0007]

5. Bill Moyers is doing an expose on the death count

Will be on PBS this Friday night on Bill Moyers "NOW"

[catmandu57]

4. The sad thing is

that everyone killed or wounded for the next week will not be noticed because of the reagasm. The last number I knew was 829, I guess we add one more.

[Judi Lynn]

7. I think you're right. Someone posted this link, and I saved it.

http://www.icasualties.org/oif/

Not sure how quickly it gets updated.

[sadiesworld]

6. "not dupe"

Speaks for itself. Very sad.