At Least 74 Americans Killed in Iraq in August

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At least 74 were killed in action in August, including one unidentified soldier hit Wednesday by a roadside bomb near Samarra, north of Baghdad. There also were nine noncombat deaths in the month, according to Pentagon figures.

By either measure - combat deaths or total deaths - August was one of the worst months for U.S. troops since the invasion in March 2003. Only two months had more combat deaths: November 2004, with 125, and April 2004, with 126.

Roadside bombs, which the military calls improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, remain a major killer of U.S. troops. On Aug. 25, for example, an IED struck a group of special operations soldiers near Husaybah, killing three and wounding a fourth, who died three days later at a U.S. military hospital in Germany.

Aug. 3 was the deadliest day of the month for U.S. troops. On that day 14 Marine Reserve troops from Ohio were killed when their amphibious assault vehicle was blown up by a roadside bomb in western Iraq .

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[Frances]

1. Now that I've seen how the Bush administration handled

the hurricane, I can understand why we are doing so poorly in Iraq.

These idiots are totally incompetent.