Army Times: Six paratroopers from 82nd killed in Iraq

[babylonsister]

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/03/ap82nddeaths070306/

Six paratroopers from 82nd killed in Iraq

The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Mar 6, 2007 16:20:14 EST

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — The six soldiers killed when a bomb exploded near their vehicles on Monday in Iraq’s Salahuddin province were members of the 82nd Airborne Division, the division said Tuesday.

It was the single largest loss of life in the past three years for the Fort Bragg-based division, said division spokesman Maj. Tom Earnhardt.

Three paratroopers were wounded in the bombing and their conditions weren’t immediately known, Earnhardt said.

Names of the paratroopers weren’t released while their families were being notified, Earnhardt said. The paratroopers were members of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team and were assigned to Task Force Lightning.

“The loss of any paratrooper under any circumstances is tragic and unacceptable to us,” Earnhardt said.

Earnhardt said 80 paratroopers have now died in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts.

The division of about 17,000 soldiers has some 8,300 paratroopers in Iraq and about 6,100 on duty in Afghanistan. Another brigade is scheduled to deploy to Iraq this summer.

[butterfly77]

1. Is this part of the 9 killed earlier today?

[babylonsister]

5. I would imagine so; maybe they've just been identified. nt

[jannyk]

6. Yes, they are all part of the same command

...'Task Force Lightening' lost 9 last night - these 6 in one incident and 3 in another. Both were roadside bombings. There are earlier threads in LBN posted about midnight last night.

[orpupilofnature57]

2. No news, would be good news.

[genie_weenie]

3. Could the Bush Regime please inform the

Iraqaedites that the "Defeat-o-crats" won in November so they stop killing people over there?

365 US servicemembers since Nov 2006, I don't even want to estimate how many innocent iraqis...

http://icasualties.org/oif/

Shouldn't Faux WH Propaganda network be busily disseminating this information?

[Roland99]

4. Wait, wait, wait. Wait just a damn minute here. WTF is the deal with Earnhardt?

“The loss of any paratrooper under any circumstances is tragic and unacceptable to us,” Earnhardt said.

Earnhardt said 80 paratroopers have now died in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts.

Uhh...apparently it's quite acceptable to them or else they would have, oh, I dunno....DONE SOMETHING ABOUT IT?!

[Horse with no Name]

7. My cousin is a paratrooper from Ft. Bragg

:(

[AlCzervik]

8. my nephew was a captain in the 82nd and i have a picture of him with his

crew on my fridge, i'm afraid to look at the names because i some of them are still in Afghanistan, nephew is not, he just got out in Jan.

[babylonsister]

11. I'm sure this won't make you feel much better, but this happened in Iraq. nt

[babylonsister]

10. Crap. Now I'm sorry I posted this.

I didn't mean to worry anyone.:(

[w8liftinglady]

12. trust me-anyone with family over there is glued to the news,anyway.

[Horse with no Name]

14. Not your fault.

Thanks for your concern.:hug:
I emailed my mom. She will let me know when she learns anything.
It's just this fucking war....:mad:

[w8liftinglady]

9. Dear God.My rage increases daily.

[w8liftinglady]

13. Vets-how does it affect your unit morale when so many are lost at once?

I'm just curious-I can't imagine losing this many of my nursing staff at once.I would be devastated.

[babylonsister]

15. Kick for your question. It must be horrific for everyone involved. nt

[w8liftinglady]

16. I hope if Monkeyman comes online,he can give some insight.

[w8liftinglady]

17. I wish some news source with balls would have a split screen showing this and Bush today

hypocritical piece of human debris.

[Botany]

18. Oh no one of my best friend's son is in Task Force Lightning

82nd Airborne .....

:cry:

[fed-up]

19. My BF was on phone w/ex Stepson (is overseas) from 82nd airborne and got cut-off

mid sentence

I hope to god he is okay, we don't know if he was in Afghanistan or Iraq. I am looking frantically for his brigade/task force info which is on a small piece of paper somewhere on/around my desk.

BRING THEM HOME NOW-not one more death