News? One Marine dead, one injured in IED blast

[Knurled99]

I didn't want to post this in "Latest Breaking News" because it isn't from a news article. The problem is, I couldn't find an article about it anywhere. My brother just called my mom from Iraq, however, to tell her that his friend had died in an IED blast. He was on a convoy returning to Al Taqaddum airbase, where he was stationed with my bro, 74 kilometers west of Baghdad. The other person in his vehicle suffered a broken leg.

I know that this is a common occurence, but it just hit so close to home and I can't find any news coverage of it! What gives?

This just ratcheted up the pucker factor my family and I will experience till he gets back.

God damn shitty war

[Cerridwen]

1. Yes! It's news of the personal kind.

Though the DOD may not have an online report of it for a while.

I'm sorry for your brother's loss. And for your family's increased apprehension during this time.

:hug:

[Crunchy Frog]

2. Sorry for your loss. Hope your brother remains safe.

Here is a good site for keeping track of casualties and of news from Iraq and Afghanistan. http://icasualties.org/oif/

If you click on a month, it will list all of the fatalities for the period with names, place of death, and cause of death. There are links to all the CentCom and DoD reports.

God damn shitty war, indeed.:grr: