Today In Iraq........June 28,2004

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Bring ‘em on: Insurgents capture US Marine near Fallujah, threaten beheading. http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/28/iraq.main/
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Bring ‘em on: One British soldier killed, two wounded by roadside bomb near Basra. http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=88136®ion=6
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Bring ‘em on: US contractor killed as RAAF C-130 is hit by ground fire near Baghdad. http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=88136®ion=6
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Bring ‘em on: Six ICDC members killed in attack near Baquba.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3845181.stm
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Bring ‘em on: One US Marine killed in action in al-Anbar province
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-06/28/content_1551728.htm

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Bring ‘em on: Two Iraqi children killed in mortar attack near Baghdad

http://news.bostonherald.com/international/view.bg?articleid=33564
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Bring ‘em on: One US soldier killed in rocket attack near Baghdad.
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5042343

more deaths...........

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also Bush longs for relief from Iraq chaos


Opinion: “The news from Iraq is worse than ever. Government ministers, local officials and Iraqi police officers are murdered in broad daylight. American troop convoys are ambushed at roadsides. Foreign civilians are taken hostage and beheaded on an almost weekly basis.
http://www.nj.com/news/expresstimes/pa/index.ssf?/base/columns-0/1088406658167300.xml




Note to Readers: Fact Check..........

The US Marine captured by insurgents disappeared on June 21, according to US military sources. That was the same day four US Marines patrolling in Ramadi were killed. There were no survivors from that patrol. News reports indicated that the dead Marines were found without weapons or body armor, and that their rucksacks had been searched. I strongly suspect the US Marine was captured during that ambush.

Having had some experience in this field, I also suspect this patrol was actually a Marine intelligence operation that went very, very wrong. Soldiers with a native language ability are almost always seconded to intelligence or civil affairs duties. A five-man patrol in a hostile area like Ramadi makes little tactical sense – assuming the insurgents hold no other captives. The ambush happened to suddenly that the Marines apparently had no time to radio a call for help. Finally, the videotape released by the insurgents announcing the Marine’s capture said they had “lured” him outside the Marines perimeter.
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=adTn8J5vCuog&refer=top_world_news

All sources........................Daily Iraq Newsblog
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