Spc Donica died on Thurdsay according to abc news

[PuraVidaDreamin]

Last night I caught the beginning of abc nightly news and the
newsman reported that the 3000th soldier to die in Bush's lie-
was killed sometime on Thursday. We, the public were informed
4 days later! Did anyone else catch this?

If this is true the military and Bush administration purposely withheld
this information until late afternoon New Years Eve when they
knew most people would be reveling, partying, at family gatherings,
and this news would fly deep under the radar.

[CountAllVotes]

1. Bernie Ward was saying 3003 had died

and that was yesterday morning on "God Talk".

Lies, lies, lies and more lies.

How many have died? HOW MANY?!!! :mad:

:dem: :kick:

[Selatius]

2. It's likely to be a far more mundane reason.

For one thing, it's disrespectful to release the names of the dead if they have not yet made contact with the next of kin. Nobody wants to watch CNN and find out their son is dead before they're informed by the military that their son is indeed dead.

[Counciltucky]

3. Typical Bush Admin move.

[xultar]

4. I do think they have a duty to inform the family first.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

5. It takes 4 days to notify NOK?

That would piss me off!

[xultar]

7. I think 4 days is about standard. Remember they send people to the house

they don't call.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. They held back for family notification and next of kin

they are usally a little better about it, but that is why they held the name back

[The_Casual_Observer]

8. Waited until they hanged Saddam.

Softened the blow.

They have the ability to notify families within hours& do so routinely . That's no excuse.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

9. I'm thinking more a news dump

the timing was just too coincidental, again.

[Blue_In_AK]

10. Spec. Donica was another trooper out of Ft. Richardson

here in Anchorage. That makes 11 deaths from there this month. So very sad.

[Straight Shooter]

11. 3,000 dead is a major milestone in the toll our military and country has taken.

It was certainly possible to release the fact of his death, and include "name withheld pending notification of kin."

Of course, releasing this very agitating news would have tarnished bush's little speech about the hanging of Saddam as a "milestone." That, and the news dump factor, are the reasons it was withheld, IMHO.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

12. I concur

They will use every last little dirty trick in the book-
They are going down, and they know ito-
caged animals can be the most dangerous.

I only fear they are so deperate that we haven't
seen anything yet.

[bluedog]

13. Local soldier dies in Iraq;............Florida

Local soldier dies in Iraq; U.S. deaths reach 3,000
Monday, January 1, 2007 8:54


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(CNN) -- The U.S. military on Sunday announced its 3,000th fatality from the Iraq war.

The identity of the 3,000th military death could not be precisely determined as the exact times of deaths late last week were not immediately available.

A Bay area solider, 28-year-old Sgt. Christopher Messer, died Dec. 27 in Baghdad. The St. Petersburg soldier was wounded when an roadside bomb detonated near him while on patrol. A soldier from Texas also died in the explosion.

http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2007/1/1/211505.html?title=Local+soldier+dies+in+Iraq;+U.S.+deaths+reach+3,000


* I hope he rots in HELL!!!!!