Three soldiers die in bloody month for U.S. in Iraq

[Olive]

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three U.S. soldiers were killed south of Baghdad on Saturday when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb, the U.S. military said in a statement on Sunday.

More than 40 U.S. troops have been killed in Iraq this month. At the current pace, October would be the deadliest for U.S. forces since January 2005. Two to three soldiers on average die every day in Iraq, most the victims of roadside bombs.

The U.S. statement gave no further details and said the names would be withheld pending notification of their families.

The deaths brought to at least five the number of U.S. troops who died on Saturday.


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[xchrom]

1. mission accomplished for these soldiers.

at least they will get to come home. for good.

[rodeodance]

2. "five the number of U.S. troops who died on Saturday." THIS should

be the headline!

[Earth_First]

6. Absolutely!

I love the 'creative' headlining that they use to mask the true extent of the casualties. It's always "Soldier dies east of Baghdad..." however included in the story most always includes added casualties in order to mask the severity of the headline.

The media ought to be held just as accountable for this...

[leftchick]

3. more than 40? Try 51 dead in 15 days!

http://icasualties.org/oif/

[rodeodance]

4. very little coverage for these troops who gave their lives.

[rodeodance]

5. REC for the troops

[Botany]

7. Blessings and prayers on their souls and for their family & friends

Three U.S. Soldiers :patriot:

:cry:


How many more, how many?

[alcibiades_mystery]

8. Welcome to the Desert of the Real...

...

[Pachamama]

9. And this doesn't include the soldiers who probably died in the Ammo depot

attack last week... :eyes:

I think they are holding back numbers folks...I think that the casualties lately have been so bad that it poses disaster for the administration and them having to finally admit (prior to the election) that there is a civil war in Iraq (duh) and that we need to re-deploy and pull out asap.

I swear, every time I hear about our soldiers dieing there, I get sick to my stomach and I put their deaths right on the hands of Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld. :grr:

[FightingIrish]

10. Did anyone even notice the latest milestone?

We now have 3,000 coalition fatalities. How will * brush that off. I guess it's just a number and they aren't all Americans.

[Kenergy]

11. They're just numbers to this criminal adminstration

And they're just numbers to these idiots that support bush.
I can't properly verbalize how disgusted I feel about the loss of these soldiers for this
idiocy.