Jan. 7, 2005 and 17 soldiers DEAD.....

[leftchick]

Get prepared folks. This month will be the bloodiest for US Soldiers. The resistance is becoming much more sophistcatd in attacks and we know, thanks to rummy, they have an endless supply of explosives. God help us all. :(


Military Fatalities: By Time Period

Period US UK Other* Total Avg Days
3 493 16 17 526 2.73 193
2 717 27 58 802 1.89 424
1 140 33 0 173 4.02 43
Total 1350 76 75 1501 2.27 660


Latest Fatality: Jan 06, 2005


Military Fatalities: By Month
Period US UK Other* Total Avg Days
1-2005 17 0 0 17 2.43 7

http://icasualties.org/oif/

And the Brass is STILL in denial...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050106/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq&cid=540&ncid=1478

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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A roadside bomb killed seven U.S. soldiers in northwest Baghdad and two Marines were killed in western Iraq (news - web sites) on Thursday, the deadliest day for American forces since a suicide attack on a U.S. base last month.



The bombing came as Iraq extended a state of emergency by 30 days to battle militants whose attacks have surged ahead of this month's elections. The prime minister warned the number of assaults would only rise as voting day draws closer.


Just three weeks before the Jan. 30 elections, the commander of U.S. ground forces in Iraq acknowledged that security is poor in four of 18 Iraqi provinces. But Lt. Gen. Thomas Metz told a briefing in the capital that delaying the vote would only increase the danger.

[Cooley Hurd]

1. Al Qaqaa's bunkers left wide open...

Coming back to haunt US troops in an explosive way (pun intended):(

[leftchick]

2. Not just that one...

ALL of them! None of those bunkers we secured! I am also sure sophisticated weaponry will soon start showing up from sympathetic countrys. Much like when the US got involved in Afghanistan! What a fucking MESS!

[roguevalley]

3. January 30th is going to be hell.

[xchrom]

4. pathetic ain't it?

the soulless creatures in charge just don't care.

[leftchick]

5. you know what is even more pathetic?

the clueless ameriKans who believe that crap about them dying "for our freedoms"... :puke:

[Disturbed]

6. Dying for Amerika's Oil Industry and

the Military Industrial Complex and the Multi-Corps.

A reporter in Iraq said that 150,000 troops will remain in Iraq for at least 4 more years.

[leftchick]

7. General Fears 'Spectacular' Iraq Attacks

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A top U.S. military official raised fears Friday that insurgents may try to carry out "spectacular" attacks as the Iraqi election draws near, while Sunni religious leaders called for unity but persisted in their demands that the vote be delayed.


The comments by Air Force Brig. Gen. Erv Lessel echoed a warning by Iraq (news - web sites)'s prime minister the day before that insurgent violence would only increase ahead of the Jan. 30 election for a National Assembly.


Hours after Prime Minister Ayad Allawi spoke, a roadside bomb killed seven U.S. soldiers in northwest Baghdad on Thursday, the deadliest attack on American forces since a suicide strike in Mosul 2 1/2 weeks ago. Two Marines also were killed in western Iraq.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=716&e=2&u=/ap/20050107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq