Roadside Bombs Kill 8 U.S. Troops In Iraq

Americans Killed In Separate Attacks In Diyala And Baghdad As Sectarian Tension Rises

(AP)  Roadside bombs killed eight American soldiers in separate attacks Sunday in Diyala province and Baghdad, and a car bomb claimed 30 more lives in a wholesale food market in a part of the Iraqi capital where sectarian tensions are on the rise.

In all, at least 95 Iraqis were killed or found dead nationwide Sunday, police reported. They included 12 policemen in Samarra, among them the city's police chief, who died when Sunni insurgents launched a suicide car bombing and other attacks on police headquarters.

The deadliest attack against U.S. forces occurred in Diyala, where six U.S. soldiers and a European journalist were killed when a massive bomb destroyed their vehicle, the U.S. military said. Two U.S. soldiers were wounded, the military said.

Two other American soldiers died Sunday in separate bombings in Baghdad.

The military Sunday also reported three other deaths: two Marines in a blast Sunday in Anbar province and a soldier who died Sunday in a non-combat incident in northern Iraq.

Those deaths raised to at least 3,373 the number of U.S. military members who have died since the Iraq war started in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

The market bombing occurred about noon in the Baiyaa district of western Baghdad, shattering vehicles, ripping roofs off nearby buildings and collapsing storefronts. Police said about 80 people were injured in addition to the 30 dead.

Following the horrific blast, blood pooled on the dirt streets. Hospital officials said two pickup trucks filled with body parts were brought to the morgue.

"I was waiting near a shop to lift some boxes, when I saw the owner of the shop collapse," said Sattar Hussein, 22, who works in the market. "I helped him inside the shop, but he was already dead. The next thing I felt was pain in my left shoulder and some people rushing me to the hospital."

Ali Hamid, 25, who owns a shop in the market, said he was selling soft drinks when the blast knocked him unconscious.

"The next thing I remember is some people putting me in a pickup with two dead bodies and rushing me to the hospital," he said. He called the attack "a terrorist act aimed at creating more sectarian tension and strife."

No group claimed responsibility for the attack, which followed allegations by Sunni politicians that Shiite militias have resumed their campaign to expel Sunnis from Baiyaa.

Most of the shops in the market were believed owned by Shiites.

That raised speculation that the bombing was carried out by Sunni hard-liners in reprisal for the alleged expulsions, which were believed to have slowed across the capital since the start of the Baghdad security crackdown Feb. 14.

The attacks in Samarra, a Sunni city 60 miles north of Baghdad, began when a suicide car bomber struck the police headquarters. Following the blast, dozens of insurgents, some wearing masks and wielding video cameras, opened fire on the building and at least one police checkpoint, witnesses said.

U.S. paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division came under small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire when they rushed to the scene, the U.S. military said. Two Americans were wounded and a vehicle was damaged.

The police chief, Col. Jalil Nahi Hassoun, and 11 other policemen were killed, officials said.

Samarra was the scene of the Feb. 22, 2006, bombing that destroyed a major Shiite shrine and triggered the wave of Sunni-Shiite reprisal attacks that has plunged this country into civil conflict. U.S. and Iraqi officials blame that bombing on al Qaeda, which has been active in the city for years.

[irishbitch1]

Any braindead NEOCONS out there that think this is worth bush saving face!What an immoral and disgusting bunch of freaks you all are!You all should have your sorry worthless butts over there!Spill your own blood for your insane beliefs and take that idiot in charge with you!

[seven-pesos]

never a war the south couldn't lose.

jefferson davis lost his,
johnson lost his
bush will lose his.

the south has lost every war they started.

idiot southern creeps are only good for sunday afternoon parades

in their tight-butt uniforms.

ha,ha,ha.

war, hate, arrogance, phony christian creeps, crooked republican snakes...

nothing good comes out of the south!

[brazuka-2009]

Like most europeans, i simply don4t understand why this war began in the first place, nor why it continues today! What are so many plain, simple US servicemen making the ultimate sacrifice for? What has the US to gain from this war? Isn4t clear that there is no military solution?? Why does the US demonstrate so little understanding (and concern) of the nature and complexities of different nations? Bush is a disaster, however, the majority of Americans voted for him. The US got what it deserves - but the soldiers that die needlessly (and their families) deserve a lot better!! What a tragedy for the soldiers and Iraqi men, women and, especially, children being slaughtered!

[brazuka-2009]

Like most europeans, i simply don4t understand why this war began in the first place, nor why it continues today! What are so many plain, simple US servicemen making the ultimate sacrifice for? What has the US to gain from this war? Isn4t clear that there is no military solution?? Why does the US demonstrate so little understanding (and concern) of the nature and complexities of different nations? Bush is a disaster, however, the majority of Americans voted for him. The US got what it deserves - but the soldiers that die needlessly (and their families) deserve a lot better!! What a tragedy for the soldiers and Iraqi men, women and, especially, children being slaughtered!

[feelfree1]

It's high time to demand and end to the criminal Bush crusade:

www.ipetitions.com/petition/OutNow

[randalds]

Enough is enough! ********n you Bush! Get off your fu*cking cowardly as*s and pull our troops out you gutless punk-as*sed bit*ch! You're murdering our soldiers for NOTHING! Nothing except to try to cover your own fu*cking ego! You sleazy murdering bas*****!

[toldyouso21]

The deadliest attack against U.S. forces occurred in Diyala, where six U.S. soldiers and a European journalist were killed when a massive bomb destroyed their vehicle, the U.S. military said.

Two other American soldiers died Sunday in separate bombings in Baghdad.

The military Sunday also reported three other deaths: two Marines in a blast Sunday in Anbar province and a soldier who died Sunday in a non-combat incident in northern Iraq.

Okay...6 in Diyala, 2 in Anbar, 2 in Bagdhad and 1 in noncombat...am I the only one that thinks this adds up to 11 and not 8? Even if we take the noncombat death out--that at least 10 soldiers died in combat today!!!!


*** that new fvcking math--Bush may love it--since it can keep the dead numbers down--but it really sucks a big weenie.

[dlpracer]

brazuka says:

...Like most europeans, i simply don't understand...Why does the US demonstrate so little understanding (and concern) of the nature and complexities of different nations?... but the soldiers that die needlessly (and their families) deserve a lot better!!

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It is a good thing for the EU that we DON'T UNDERSTAND. Beacause you would all be talking German or Japanese right now.

You look in the face of disaster and think appeasement. Your total lack of recognition of evil is mind blowing.

As we speak, your continent will be overrun by Islamic fundementalist, and by the end of the century Europeans will be the minority. Do the math. You are reproducing at an unsustainable rate, while Islam is overtaking your population. YOU will be nonexistant within 100 years.

But that is NO surprise, you've done it before...and it appears you don't care...as per your statement...thinking that you can "hug" your way to the future.

As usual, when you need America, we will be there to bail your sorry a**es out....ONE MORE TIME.

Try again.

[randalds]

Try again.

Posted by dlpracer at 08:23 PM : May 06, 2007

This is a huge right wing myth. We did not "save Europe's as*s" in WWII. We joined in WITH them to defeat a common enemy. None of the allies, including the USA, could have defeated the Nazis and the Japanese in WWII on their own. We all worked TOGEHTER to save the world. Morons like you would do well to remember that a lot more of our allies died in WWII fighting the Nazis and Japanese then did Americans. The sacrifices and the courage on all of our parts is what won the war, not the mouthy arrogance that you in your ignorance of history is displaying. People who speak like you make WWII vets sick, so shut the hell up until you learn the truth child.

[mr_right_]

@ You better move your lazy azz to Israel.

You sound more like Adolf hitler!!

[dlpracer]

RandalDS says:

None of the allies, including the USA, could have defeated the Nazis and the Japanese in WWII on their own. We all worked TOGEHTER to save the world. Morons like you would do well to remember that a lot more of our allies died in WWII fighting the Nazis and Japanese then did Americans.

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Sorry idiot. I'm probably older that you are.

The majority of our so called allies KIA were civilians in the European theater. It was a tragady, none the less.

But don't preach to me moron.

You know not what your speak.

Try again.

[randalds]

Try again.
Posted by dlpracer at 08:45 PM : May 06, 2007

What the hell does age have to do with it? Anyone who has studied history knows that what I said is true. Also many of my older relatives were in WWII and they said the same thing. No one nation could have defeated Germany and Japan on it's own. We all had to join together the fight them and barely won it that! If anyone is telling you any different then they're a fu*cking liar.

BTW, I'm 50 and a Vietnam vet, so I to know a bit about war. Try again smart as*s.

[randalds]

The majority of our so called allies KIA were civilians in the European theater. It was a tragady, none the less.

But don't preach to me moron.

You know not what your speak.

Try again.
Posted by dlpracer at 08:45 PM : May 06, 2007

And the majority of our allies who died in action were Russian SOLDIERS, no civilians. Many civilians died, but more Russian TROOPS were killed then American ones by far. Also many o our allies lost a higher Percentage of their soldiers then we did. Yes there were a lot of sacrifices on all sides, but that the point. We fought that war TOGETHER and we all saved each other. No ONE nation saved the world from the Nazis and the Japanese.

[randalds]

And the majority of our allies who died in action were Russian SOLDIERS, no civilians.

That should read "not civilians" instead of "no civilians". Da*mn typos.

[omega39-2009]

Eight more troops fed in to Bush's sausage grinder so he doesn't appear weak to his bible thumping base here at home, heck of a job George.

[dlpracer]

RandalDS says:

No one nation could have defeated Germany and Japan on it's own. We all had to join together the fight them and barely won it that!

BTW, I'm 50 and a Vietnam vet, so I to know a bit about war. Try again smart as*s.

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OOOhhh...a Vietnam vet!! That makes all the difference in the world. YOU are now an expert on all world wars. Gimme a break.

First of all idiot, I was addressing the EU freak not understanding who we are. Second, I don't expect the secular, self indulged EU to understand anything but themselves. Next, the UNITED STATES made the winning difference in both theaters of WWII....period-dot Without OUR dedication to freedom FOR ALL, the outcome would have been much different.

If YOU feel guilty about your service, that's your problem....get over it.

And, by the way, how can you be 50 years ago and vet of the Vietnam war...that math don't work.

Try again.

[brazuka-2009]

Dlpracer4s remarks reveal great ignorance and arrogance and help explain why the great majority of Europeans hate America4s political establishment4s bullying and imperialistic intentions.

WWII is long over ... get in touch with reality in the XXIst centrury!!

US foreign policy can only be described as: SELF-CENTERED, SELF-SERVING, SELFISH AND IRRESPONSIBLE!!

There is no concern in helping other nations or solving conflicts...lets not be naive!!

War. aggression and violence are the cowboy at the ready instincts that many braindead politicians, particularly form the south continually display!! Grow up!!

America is a nation of european immigrants ... it has a lot to learn from older, wiser Europe!!

The world is changing, the US is losing its supremacy ... one has to face up to this reality!

The US should invest a lot more in making and maintaining friendships and not creating enemies and aggravating lingering animosities!

The world is changing ... America can not maintain its dominance through STUPID, MINDLESS WARS that are undertaken under false premises.

I pray to GOD that the Democrats prevail over Neocons for at least 50 years so that we may have an America closer to universal and european values.

How in the hell could the US have been so stupid to choose Bush over Kerry - a reckless cowboy over a progressive intellectual mind!!

GOD HELP...I SHOULD SAY...SAVE...AMERICA!!

[randalds]

And, by the way, how can you be 50 years ago and vet of the Vietnam war...that math don't work.

Try again.
Posted by dlpracer at 09:04 PM : May 06, 2007

Tap dance all you like, but the fact is no one nation could have defeated the Germans and the Japanese in WWII, in spite of your arrogance it simply could not have happened without us ALL banding together.

Oh and I joined the USAF at 17 in 1973. I went to Vietnam twice in the winter of '74-'75. Saigon fell in April 1975. Do the math moron and "try again".

[randalds]

OOOhhh...a Vietnam vet!! That makes all the difference in the world. YOU are now an expert on all world wars. Gimme a break.

Try again.
Posted by dlpracer at 09:04 PM : May 06, 2007

And no being a Vietnam vet doesn't make me an expert on WWII, but reading and studying a lot of history means that I seem to know quite a bit more about it then you do. Buy a book! Take a class! Don't go through life spouting idiotic things when you don't know what you're talking about! Get an education! LEARN! There are nearly an infinite number of resources out there!

[dlpracer]

brazuka,

Ya and conservative Nicolas Sarkozy has won the hotly-contested French presidential election TODAY.

Get use to it.

[randalds]

brazuka,

Ya and conservative Nicolas Sarkozy has won the hotly-contested French presidential election TODAY.

Get use to it.
Posted by dlpracer at 09:21 PM : May 06, 2007

LOL! Being a "conservative" in French politics makes him still somewhere to the left of Michael Moore, so don't be thinking he's another idiot like Bush! In France they only have two kinds of politicians, the incredibly extremely very liberal and the just plain extremely very liberal. There are no real "conservative" there at all.

[dlpracer]

Tap dance all you like, but the fact is no one nation could have defeated the Germans and the Japanese in WWII, in spite of your arrogance it simply could not have happened without us ALL banding together.
_________

There is no tap dance there....facts are facts.

According to the BBC, the reliance on American aid indicates just how much the Allied war effort owed to the exceptional material and logistical strength of the United States.

The ability of the world's largest industrial economy to convert to the mass production of weapons and war equipment is usually taken for granted. Yet the transition from peace to war was so rapid and effective that the USA was able to make up for the lag in building up effectively trained armed forces by exerting a massive material superiority. -1950

Try again

[dlpracer]

RandalDS says:

In France they only have two kinds of politicians, the incredibly extremely very liberal and the just plain extremely very liberal. There are no real "conservative" there at all.

_________

...and they show it. 36 hour work weeks. The lowest productivity on the planet and 50% of their GNP comes from their government.

I'd be proud of that.....YIKES!!

Try again

[randalds]

Posted by dlpracer at 09:32 PM : May 06, 2007

Tap tap tap. You said we saved their as*s, but we did not. We all saved each others as*s from a common threat. Yes we were magnificent, fantastic, absolutely great, but we still could not have done it BY OURSELVES!!!! All of the allies made major sacrifices and suffered too! We you say something like "We saved their as*s" your insulting them and the huge sacrifices they made, the losses they suffered too, in that war to defeat a COMMON enemy! It's not like we went over to Europe just out of the goodness of our hearts you know! We went there to help save our as*ses too! The point is that you can talk about WWII WITHOUT insulting our allies. It's not necessary and it sure as hell isn't true!

[nyteryder2]

"As we speak, your continent will be overrun by Islamic fundementalist, and by the end of the century Europeans will be the minority. Do the math. You are reproducing at an unsustainable rate, while Islam is overtaking your population. YOU will be nonexistant within 100 years." Posted by dlpracer at 08:23 PM : May 06, 2007
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As you speak, Americans of European descent, those who founded the U.S., are already a minority. Those who are immigrating to the U.S. from other countries, legally and illegally, reproduce at a much higher rate than "white" Americans.

Look around you; see the "browning" of the U.S.

The revolution that transfers power from "white" Americans to "brown" Americans will come from the voters. Look around you; it's already happening. The long-term plan by Mexico to take back the U.S. is already happening.

Maybe they will be less inclined to start pre-emptive wars.

[dlpracer]

nyteryder2 says:

The revolution that transfers power from "white" Americans to "brown" Americans will come from the voters. Look around you; it's already happening. The long-term plan by Mexico to take back the U.S. is already happening.

Maybe they will be less inclined to start pre-emptive wars.
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Probably because they wouldn't have thought about flying airplanes into buildings to START the war....RIGHT??

Try again.

[dlpracer]

RandalDS

You are the one that is tap dancing. You want to argue over semantics. "We", "they", "us".

You must be a college professor.

Good luck and thanks for your service to our country...I forgot to tell you earlier.

[fascistusa]

All we know is what our Censored Fascist Neo-Con Media tells us.

I read NOTHING about the French election before today.

This guy could be ANYTHING. Conservative. Liberal. Nuts. We wouldn't know!!

[dlpracer]

I read NOTHING about the French election before today.

This guy could be ANYTHING. Conservative. Liberal. Nuts. We wouldn't know!!
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If YOU didn't see anything about the French election, then YOU weren't looking.

All major networks have been covering the runup to today's election all week.

Get you head out....

Try again

[j-whitman]

dlpracer,,, 3,373 --- Had enough of Bush yet ??

[pwrslm]

Oh and I joined the USAF at 17 in 1973. I went to Vietnam twice in the winter of '74-'75. Saigon fell in April 1975. Do the math moron and "try again".
Posted by RandalDS at 09:11 PM : May 06, 2007


oh....wow...so are you trying to impress someone?

all that this tells us is that you were really stupid when you were 17, and it doesnt look like you've changed any...do you think your momma was proud of you when she found out that you wanted to play soldier instead of get a decent education...try again my arse...you only had one shot and you blew it...dont glamorize your mistakes, its not a good example for young folks

[pwrslm]

now we'll follow Yankees to their homeland and this time do some real damage to the American folks?

Please big brother - how dumb you think the American publics are?
Posted by Simplemind2

They are already here. They say over 5 million muslims in the USA now, and with over 300,000 illegals entering every year, they could have another million already hid, probably armed to the teeth, wanting to unleash hell on earth right in your back yard....how dumb do you think Americans are? Right now, pretty stupid, wouldnt you agree?

[j-whitman]

pwrslm,,, 3,373 Troops not coming home,,, They could use you in Iraq -- Enlist

[incog-nito]

Good thing the picture shown isn't bigger. I thought I saw a human hand in there somewhere.

[dlpracer]

dlpracer,,, 3,373 --- Had enough of Bush yet ??
Posted by j-whitman at 10:18 PM : May 06, 2007
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Al-Qaeda is an Islamist terrorist group. Formed in the aftermath of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the late 1980s by Osama bin Laden and Muhammad Atef, Al Qaeda called for the use of violence and force in bringing about the end of non-Islamic governments.

Since its formation Al Qaeda has committed a number of terrorist acts in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia. It orchestrated the September 11, 2001 attacks against the United States. The group, under its leader Osama bin Laden, is opposed to the monarchy in Saudi Arabia, which it sees as insufficiently Islamic and too closely tied to America. Al-Qaeda claims it is engaged in a struggle against Zionism, Christianity, the secular West, and secular Muslim countries

Answer to your question.....NOPE

Try again

[j-whitman]

by incog-nito -- McCain & Bush say,,, "Just go shopping, it's safe".

[j-whitman]

dlpracer,,, al Quaeda & Taliban are funded by the UAE (Sunni's),,, Most Suicide Bombers are Sunni's & from the UAE --- Bush says invest in the UAE,,,, Ossama bin Laden is Sunni, from the UAE.

[dlpracer]

dlpracer,,, al Quaeda & Taliban are funded by the UAE (Sunni's),,, Most Suicide Bombers are Sunni's & from the UAE --- Bush says invest in the UAE,,,, Ossama bin Laden is Sunni, from the UAE.

Posted by j-whitman at 10:35 PM : May 06, 2007

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YOUR ability to connect irrelevant dots is unremarkable...but if it make you feel more educated, it works for me...but does nothing for the facts of the matter.

Try again

[sevenveils]

Spreading Islam through murder of innocent children, women and men. All this death, destruction and terror in the name of Allah. Who made the murderous criminals Allah's police?

[down-ndirty]

"Mission Accomplished"

-George W. Bush
Posted by jeff92706 at 11:15 PM : May 06, 2007
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The only mission Bush will accomplish in Iraq will be to hand the Iraq war over to the next president. Every U.S. life lost in pursuit of this mission is sacrificed not to protect America from terrorists, but to protect Bush and Cheney from accountability.

[mh4cbs1]

"There are no records kept of the numbers of civilians killed during the war or by coalition troops." - AP (better not to know the full scale carnage caused by the Cheney/Bush War of Agression)

Chenyy and Bush LIED us into this War. Completely Obvious to anyone paying attention BEFORE their Invasion. Now only the most committed Ostrich can ignore the facts that this War On Iraq was based on total and deliberate LIES.

Which makes Cheney, Bush and their Neocon gang of murderous thugs WAR CRIMINALS.

JAIL CHENEY!
JAIL BUSH!

[arthurcl1]

The Military Brass and George Bush and V.P. Haliburton Millionaire Cheney want to hide these events to try and distort the realities of this Civil War in IRAQ. US TROOPS are viewed as "occupiers" no longer liberators... and thus, just as much a problem as the insurgents to the ultimate stability of their country!
These are IRAQI citizens people and whether you want to label them "yankess" or "rebs" neither of them are Americans and it is their destiny to decide the fate of their country!
You read the reports about IRANIANS traing Shia Militia and in IRAN and the other 100 Muslim Nations you read about the US Training Shia Security Forces - PLEASE TELL ME THE DIFFERENCE!!!
This is the type of deceit that Bush and War Profitering Cheneyh has been shielding from America for over four years in order to keep US Support behind Keeping our Soldiers in HARMS WAY - with Cheerleaders like Cheney saying on CNN - that we are making enormous progress in IRAQ - STATE of DENIAL! Both should be tried for starting a War that should never have happened with No Weapons of Mass Destruction Found! Iraq was quiet and Saddam kept the sectarion violence in check, but Bush opened the cork and now the can of worms are let loose forever!
How Tragically SAD!

[nyteryder2]

"In the next 90 days we're going to see increased American casualties because we're taking the fight to the enemy," Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, commander of U.S. troops south of Baghdad, told reporters.
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Well...maybe. But the insurgents and terrorists are taking the battle to the suburbs of Baghdad, to areas that were once "secure," and killing U.S. soldiers.

At the "lonely Iraq outpost" at Tarmiyah, north of Baghdad, 35 U.S. soldiers were ambushed by 70 to 80 insurgents; after the battle only 10 soldiers were left standing. The remaining were either killed or wounded.

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"It is getting to the point where we really can't interact with the people," says Lt. Cody Wallace, executive officer of the unit that patrols the city. Even the local police chief who oversees the area that includes Tarmiyah refuses to set foot in the town.
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The soldiers speak out. Copy and past the link below and read a heart-wrenching story that Bush & Co don't what you to know about.

http://forums.military.com/eve
/forums/a/tpc/f/672198221/m/474009552100
1?r=1710058521001

[norcalruss]

Yup, sure glad that Bush/McCain SURGE is working SO well. Which pro-surge IDIOT is going to go parading around Baghdad next telling us how WELL it is? The disgusting thing about Bushs War is that he doesn%u2019t care how many GIs he sacrifices, the only thing he cares about is his legacy and punting the exit strategy into the next administration so that he can say that HE wasn%u2019t the one who lost the war. It is not like he, Cheney, the BIG OIL execs, or 97 percent of Congress have any kids over there being used as IED fodder anyway, so what do they care?

[torocaca]

%u201CIn a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are f*cked until we can put our acts together: Not necessarily to Win, but mainly to keep from Losing Completely.%u201D
Hunter S. Thompson in "The Great Shark Hunt."

[randalds]

Al-Qaeda is an Islamist terrorist group. Formed in the aftermath of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the late 1980s by Osama bin Laden and Muhammad Atef, Al Qaeda called for the use of violence and force in bringing about the end of non-Islamic governments.

Posted by dlpracer at 10:31 PM : May 06, 2007

You might also add that at the time it was formed it was not called al-Qaeda, but was in fact the Mujahedeen guerrillas and were funded primarily by the US via the CIA and through large weapons shipments sent to them through India. Back then during the Soviet occupation they were seen in America as heroes and resistance fighters. We trained them and we armed them. Hell Hollywood in the person of Sylvester Stallone even did a tribute to them in First Blood: Rambo III. Of course much like our other old buddy, Saddam Hussein, they turned on us when we turned our back on them.

[randalds]

Good luck and thanks for your service to our country...I forgot to tell you earlier.


Posted by dlpracer at 09:58 PM : May 06, 2007

Thanks.

I'm not a professor, just channeling my elementary school teacher who was very picky about semantics. lol

[searingtruth]

"And so death begat death, and suffering begat suffering, until all had been consumed, and all cause lost."
SearingTruth

"Death. I saw only death. And a promise from evil that death would soon subside."
SearingTruth

A Future of the Brave - www.searingtruth.com

[heetseeker]

"The Numbers Game"

Any military offensive by its very nature is likely to result in casualties. It is therefore not surprising that an ever-increasing number of US troops are being killed in Iraq. In crude terms you could describe it as the "investment" in success. Indeed it seems that Amercians are now hardened to the seemingly endless parade of casualties. Although US troop deaths make the news, by themselves,they are no longer news.

Today, only the numbers are newsworthy. One or two US troops dead is relatively insignificant. Yet we can expect banner headlines for upwards of five or six dead. We are now in the numbers game in Iraq. Just like Vietnam. The dreaded body-count, where somebodys husband and somebody's son is reduced to a mere statistic and a number on an Excel spreadsheet.

The latest casualty figures show a consistent increase in the average number of US troops killed in Iraq. The average number of deaths for the first four months of 2007 is 87. This compares to an average of 56 in the first four months of 2006, 63 in 2005 and 63 in 2004. With 25 dead in the first 6 days in May, it seems as if this trend will not be bucked this month.

Success has a high price. If only we new what success looked like.

[searingtruth]

... Success has a high price. If only we new what success looked like.
heetseeker


To Bush and his henchmen it looks like a fascist America.
ST


"Republicans are in a unique historical position. They are the first group of people raised on this land, who call themselves Americans, that openly proclaim the virtues of torture, secret prisons, extra judicial abduction, universal surveillance, and dictatorial government."
SearingTruth

A Future of the Brave - www.searingtruth.com