a day in the life of Iraq ...9/18/05

[xray s]

the war that's out of sight, out of mind...

http://icasualties.org/oif/

09/18/05 KUNA: Blast kills three Iraqi soldiers in Kirkuk
three Iraqi soldiers were killed and four others were wounded on Sunday in a blast that targeted their patrol in Kirkuk, northern Iraq.

09/18/05 AP: 24 bodies found in Tigris
police found 24 bodies shot to death and dumped in the Tigris River 50 miles north of the capital, where there was no major violence on Sunday for the first time in five days.

09/18/05 SEATTLEPOST: Kirkland Marine dies in attack in Iraq
When he was home on leave in August, 24-year-old Marine Lance Cpl. Shane C. Swanberg told his family he dreamed of one day living by a beach...His dreams died in the sands of Iraq on Thursday...

09/18/05 AP: San Jacinto lawman, Marine drown while trying to save others
A deputy constable and a Marine on leave from Iraq both died trying to save lives when they drowned in the Trinity River, unable to battle the powerful currents.

09/18/05 Reuters: Insuregents Killed by U.S forces in Tal Afar and Mosul
Six insurgents were killed by U.S forces in Tal Afar, west of Mosul, the U.S military said in a statement....Four insurgents were killed by U.S forces in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, on Saturday, U.S military said in a statement.

09/18/05 NYT: Failures and frustrations in Najaf reconstruction
Najaf's main maternity hospital received rare good news: An $8 million refurbishment program financed by the United States...But five months and millions of dollars later, the hospital administrators say they have little but frustration to show for

09/18/05 MNF: One Soldier killed by IED (confirmed)
One 56th Brigade Combat Team Soldier was killed by an improvised explosive device while conducting a combat logistics patrol at about 10:50 p.m. Sept. 17, near Al Asad, Iraq.

09/18/05 KUNA: Iraqi forces dismantle booby-trapped vehicle, two civlians killed
Iraqi security forces on Sunday dismanteled a booby-trapped vehicle in central Baghdad, arrested three gunmen, while insurgents tossed hand grenades an opened fire against a group of people killing two civilians in Baquba, northeast of here.

09/18/05 UPI: New Iraq spy agency has troubled start
One of the Iraqi security arms having the most difficult time in the post-war era is the spy agency, with many new recruits quickly killed.

09/18/05 AP: Bomb hits train transporting oil
Sunday Sept.18, 2005. A bomb exploded on the rail line damaging the freight train carrying oil for the refinery of Dora, and a plume of black smoke rose from the burning tankers

09/18/05 eastoregonian: Knife saves Hermiston graduate shot in Iraq
Marine Cpl. Andrew Riley...suffered only minor injuries when he was shot by a sniper while patrolling in Ramadi, Iraq...While on night patrol last Friday...an AK-47 rifle bullet hit Cpl. Riley in the left hip, but it struck his knife blade.

09/18/05 AP: Shiite militiamen block centre of Basra demanding release of commander
Armed members of a radical Shiite militia, which fought bloody battles with American troops in the past, blocked streets with barricades of burning tires in the southern city of Basra on Sunday demanding the release of one of their leaders, police said

09/18/05 BostonnGlobe: Shootings put security contractors under scrutiny in Iraq
Recent shootings of Iraqi civilians, allegedly involving the legion of US, British...are drawing increasing concern from Iraqi officials and US commanders who say they undermine relations between foreign military forces and Iraqi civilians.

09/18/05 Reuters: Gunmen kill Iraq parliament member
Gunmen have killed a member of Iraq's parliament and wounded another...Peshro Saeed said Faris Hussein was killed along with three bodyguards on Saturday night near the town of Dujail as he was travelling to Baghdad.

09/18/05 AP: U.S. GI Killed by Roadside Bomb in Iraq
A roadside bomb killed a U.S. soldier on patrol in western Iraq, the U.S. military said Sunday.The soldier, assigned to the 56th Brigade Combat Team, was taken to a U.S. military hospital where he died of his wounds on Saturday night.

[stillcool]

1. Thank you for this info...

sad as it is.

[libodem]

2. tragic losses

and i suppose you hear as well as I that the liberal media just isn't reporting all the good things happening in Iraq. I'd like a list myself. tell..everyone that all the people in Iraq have new towns with electric ty, water, sewage, garbage pick-up, roads, houses, shops, mosques, schools, post offices, fire departments police, hospitals...and the hospitals are there formaternity and old age problems....where are all of those images for TV and the paper..

[BeFree]

3. A Miserable Failure

When will it end?

09/18/05 BostonnGlobe: Shootings put security contractors under scrutiny in Iraq
Recent shootings of Iraqi civilians, allegedly involving the legion of US, British...are drawing increasing concern from Iraqi officials and US commanders who say they undermine relations between foreign military forces and Iraqi civilians.

And here we have hired guns running around shooting people willy-nilly. America will be hated forever more by those who survive our miserable failure. I'm glad I never supported this for one second, but I will share the blame should justice ever be served. Aaaarrrggghhh

Peace? Bring our troops home. NOW.