Bombing Kills 4 U.S. Soldiers in Baghdad

[brettdale]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050726/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

Bombing Kills 4 U.S. Soldiers in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A roadside bombing killed four American soldiers in southwestern Baghdad, the U.S. command said Tuesday, and 16 Iraqi government workers died in a hail of gunfire as they left work on the western edge of the capital

[deadparrot]

1. RIP.

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[bemildred]

5. RIP. nt

[MichiganVote]

2. So, let's hear it freepers, are you feeling safer today than yesterday?

[niallmac]

3. One man has destroyed so many lives. I know he is only the puppet...

but if he acually had an original thought he could have stopped all of this before it started. Hows it goin for the Bush voters? Pretty happy with everything? Having a good day? Feelin safe?

[leftchick]

4. There is a lot of secrecy with these deaths...

This attack, if it is the same, was originally posted as 8:00 am Baghdad time on Sunday morning. Now they say they died Sunday night? And this is Tuesday isn't it??..

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A statement by the U.S. command said the soldiers from Task Force Baghdad died Sunday night when their vehicle ran over a roadside bomb in the southwest of the city. The statement gave no further details.

However, Jim Driscoll, a spokesman for the Georgia National Guard, said the victims were assigned to the 48th Infantry Brigade. They were the Georgia Guard unit's first combat casualties since World War II.

[brettdale]

6. Different or same attack?

According to an item posted at news.google.com there have now been 1790 US Troops killed in Iraq, according to

http://icasualties.org/oif/ there have been 1783.

[alcibiades_mystery]

7. This is the same four that was reported yesterday

They are from the 48th Combat Brigade, and were killed by an IED southwest of Baghdad on Sunday. They are included in the icasualties number. I'd be curious to see that 1790 number, cuz icasualties - in my experience - is completely accurate, and I believe their total of 1783.

[Ksec]

8. The bombings have become so frequent

that its clear we will never get a handle on Iraq. Its become a civil war over there . RIP