Twenty-one Marines killed in three days; U.S. journalist slain

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Fourteen Marines killed in bombing
Twenty-one Marines killed in three days; U.S. journalist slain

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A roadside bomb blast killed 14 Marines and a civilian interpreter Wednesday as they rode in a vehicle near Haditha, Iraq, U.S. military officials said.

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The military said the bomb struck the amphibious assault vehicle about 1 mile (about 2 kilometers) south of Haditha, along the Euphrates River about 135 miles northwest of Baghdad. The military said one Marine was wounded.

On Monday, six Marine sniper team members were killed in a firefight near the same city and a Marine was killed in nearby Hit. Twenty-one Marines have been killed in the region in three days. The number of U.S. troops killed in the Iraq war stands at 1,820, according to U.S. military reports.

All 21 Marines who were killed Monday and Wednesday were assigned to Regimental Combat Team 2, part of the 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force.

Haditha and Hit are Sunni Arab cities along the Euphrates River about 135 miles (217 kilometers) and 95 miles (152 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, respectively. U.S. and Iraqi troops recently have been trying to clear insurgents out of both cities.



"President Bush waves from Air Force One as he boards for the flight to Texas and the start of his summer vacation, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2005. Bush plans to spend four-weeks at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, but is expected to keep a busy schedule of official duties and daytrips while away from Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)"

[Greeby]

1. 3 days from now

Expect an ominous PDB to arrive and be ignored :scared:

[Justitia]

2. so anyway...back to the space shuttle shim.....

:banghead:

[Catherine Vincent]

3. It doesn't matter.

We are only supposed to here about the good things happening in Iraq. What happened to that group of right wing folks that flew there to report on the good stuff? ARe they still there? I don't know because I don't watch FAUX News.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

4. One of them was on "Hardball" recently...

...she basically said that in failing to note all of the good things we're accomplishing in Iraq, the "liberal media is undermining the soldiers."

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah...

It was within the last week, so I'm sure the transcript is now available. I'm just too lazy to track it down myself...

:evilgrin:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3719710/

:toast:

[Catherine Vincent]

5. Thanks.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. Doesn't all this violence mean the insurgency is in it's 'last throes'?