U.S. military reports 7 soldiers killed in Iraq Sunday

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Post by IvyQ » 05-31-2007 08:33 PM

we need to know Shirley. not many are aware of the death count of our soldiers that are sent over there.

did anyone catch Bush on tv or radio today? what a complete idiot!!!!

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Post by Shirleypal » 05-31-2007 08:46 PM

I know Ivy, but that doesn't make it easier.:mad:

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Post by IronsGold » 06-03-2007 01:41 PM

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Post by Shirleypal » 06-03-2007 02:52 PM

Attacks on U.S. Troops in Iraq Grow in Lethality, Complexity
As U.S. troops push more deeply into Baghdad and its volatile outskirts, Iraqi insurgents are using increasingly sophisticated and lethal means of attack, including bigger roadside bombs that are resulting in greater numbers of American fatalities relative to the number of wounded.
(By Ann Scott Tyson and John Ward Anderson, The Washington Post)
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Post by whskyfan » 06-03-2007 03:30 PM

U.S. deaths have risen sharply in some of Baghdad's outlying regions, such as Diyala province, where Sunni and Shiite groups have escalated sectarian violence and fought back hard against American forces moving into their safe havens. "Extremists on both sides of this thing are trying to make a statement by attacking U.S. troops," Simmons said.


Shouldn't this tell our decider something? we have no business there.
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Post by IronsGold » 06-03-2007 04:52 PM

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Post by IronsGold » 06-19-2007 09:53 AM

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Post by Shimmering Auro » 06-19-2007 08:52 PM

Expect to see these numbers climb. 10,000 U.S. troops in deep for push against Sunni.

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suspected al Qaeda bomber killed 78 people when he rammed a truck into a Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad on Tuesday, just hours after 10,000 U.S. troops began an offensive against the Sunni Islamist group north of the capital.

The offensive around the city of Baquba in Diyala province is partly aimed at al Qaeda car bomb networks that cause carnage in Baghdad. It is one of the biggest military operations since the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

One witness said the bomber drove his truck into the Khilani mosque in Baghdad, destroying one wall and wrecking part of the building's interior. The mosque's signature turquoise dome appeared to have suffered little damage.

Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki blamed the attacks on "Saddamists and Takfiris", a term commonly used by Iraqi officials to describe al Qaeda. "It shows (their) determination to ignite sectarian violence," Maliki said in a statement.

Police said 78 people had been killed, including at least nine women, and 224 others were wounded. Rescuers dragged bodies from the mosque while the charred remains of others could be seen in burned out minibuses around a nearby traffic circle.

It was the second worst bombing in Baghdad since U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a crackdown in February in the capital aimed at halting Iraq's spiral into all-out sectarian civil war. A car bomb on April 18 killed 140 near a Baghdad market.

"Iraqis in this country are being killed every day. No one takes care of them," shouted one old man at the scene.

Iraqi military spokesman Brigadier-General Qassim Moussawi said the truck had been loaded with gas canisters and half a metric ton of explosives.

The explosion followed a relatively quiet period in Baghdad after a four-day curfew was imposed last week in the wake of an attack on a revered Shi'ite shrine in the city of Samarra that was also blamed on al Qaeda.

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Post by Shirleypal » 06-19-2007 09:17 PM

Thanks for the update Irongold and Shimmering Auro, this is so sick and out of hand.

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Post by IronsGold » 06-22-2007 12:15 AM

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Post by IronsGold » 06-22-2007 09:41 PM

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Post by Shirleypal » 06-22-2007 09:43 PM

Thanks Irongold, as much as I hate reading this thread I am glad you are keeping us updated.

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Post by SETIsLady » 06-23-2007 12:32 PM

Iraq bombs kill 7 U.S. troops :(

As Shirley said Ironsgold, thanks for keeping this thread update. Yes everyone does count !

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