BAGHDAD, June 7, 2007
U.S. Death Toll In Iraq Tops 3,500
23 Deaths In First Six Days Of June, Almost Double That Of June 2006
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U.S. troops kick open a locked door to conduct a random check in southwestern Baghdad, Thursday, June 7, 2007. A roadside bomb killed a U.S. soldier in the area Wednesday, pushing the death toll for American forces in the war to 3,501. (Getty Images/Roslan Rahman)
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An Iraqi policeman stands by vehicles destroyed after a bomb placed beneath a parked car, exploded outside a falafel restaurant in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, June 7, 2007. At least three people were killed and eight wounded, police said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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The count includes 23 deaths in the first six days of June, an average of about four per day.
The soldier was killed Wednesday when a roadside bomb exploded during combat operations in a southwestern section of Baghdad, a military statement said. It added that two other soldiers were wounded in the attack and evacuated to a coalition medical facility.
The soldiers' names were withheld pending notification of relatives.
The Bush administration has warned that the current troop buildup in and around Baghdad will result in more U.S. casualties as American troops increasingly come into contact with enemy forces.
Brig. Gen. Kevin J. Bergner told reporters Wednesday that the last of five brigades earmarked for the buildup will arrive in the "next couple of weeks," but may take up to two months to establish itself as fully operational.
In other developments:
Meanwhile, bombers struck across the country again Thursday, from a restaurant in Baghdad's teeming Sadr City to a police station leveled by a blast near the Syrian border. At least 15 people were reported killed.
In the capital's eastern Sadr City district, a Shiite Muslim stronghold, a bomb beneath a parked car exploded at lunchtime outside a falafel restaurant, police reported. At least three people were killed and eight wounded, said a police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to release the information.
Sadr City has been repeatedly targeted by Sunni extremists seeking to terrorize the Shiite majority and inflame hostilities between the Muslim sects.
Earlier, in the day's first reported attack, a suicide bomber blew up his explosives-laden truck at about 9 a.m. at a police station in Rabia, near Iraq's border with Syria, killing at least four policemen and five civilians, and wounding 22 other people, an Iraqi army spokesman said.
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- seven-pesos chill man I am from the South and I don't like what is happening in fact I was against this from the begining were you? The other thing not all the people from the South are from the South, many have moved here from the North.
It is not the American peoples fault they were mislead back when this started and they lost focus on what the world was trying to say.
It is not too late but it will take time to stop the madness the best thing to do is keep the presure up like write you congress and tell them how you feel.
Congress does not read the news and we already know that the administration does not pay attention to anyone but themselves. - Reply to this comment
- but our VA will help him out, also my daughter and I. So until you have done 2 deployment in 3 years, KEEP YOUR *** OPINION to you self.
Posted by jvs1mom at 10:50 PM : Jun 07, 2007
Until you have actually dealt with the VA and the hlp you will or will not actually receive--you might want to do the same. We look forward to hearing your complaining when you find out how much you and your husband will NOT be getting for the forseeable future. - Reply to this comment
- Never ask people whose job is on the line--how they think they are doing--they have a vested interest.....in that, their job is on the line. Not many are going to say --that situation is going very badly or is fvcked--after all--to ask for an assessment is basically to ask them to self evaluate the job they are doing. Most people do not deliberately hamstring their own jobs.
Best to have the ISG or another group go and look--what military commander would say: "It is FUBAR and I don't know how to fix it but I'm told to buy more time" If the public did not pull the plug on such a person for the statements--his employer surely would.
Posted by toldyouso21 at 02:07 AM : Jun 08, 2007 - Reply to this comment
- This is a banner day!!!
CBS made it through an entire article concerning the Iraq debacle, without including a single fairy-tale about 'al-Qaeda-in-Iraq'.
The fact is, that the resistance in Iraq- armed and otherwise, has always been composed of the People of Iraq. We have squandered our blood, treasure, and honor there, mostly for the glory of Corporate plunder, and we have allowed our run amok regime to claim the lives of around 1 million Iraqis so far, in the mean time.
Obviously, the Iraqi people have every right to defend themselves against the brutal and illegal invasion of their country, and against invader collaborators, including the puppet government officials. That is the bottom line.
It is high time to put a stop to this:
www.ipetitions.com/petition/OutNow - Reply to this comment
- "3500 US deaths in Iraq since 2003?...there have been over 49,368 [US] murders...from only 2003, 2004, 2005. Sounds like Iraq is the SAFE place to be." Posted by effallah at 09:04 PM : Jun 07, 2007
effallah:
See what happens to you when you watch FOx "News"! You start repeating their talking points as your brain cells deteriorate. That's why you sound like a senseless NeoCon zombie.
Let me help you with a little 3rd grade math (I'll even use your numbers), to try to pull you back from the dark side (poor thing!).
US troop deaths" 3,500/150,000 = 2.3%
US murders: 49,368/300 Million = 0.02%
I hope you didn't already move to Iraq (you mindless twit). - Reply to this comment
- Real Americans must be asking "WHY"???
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- the world is diverse, the cbs news front page is not so diverse ... there are lots of naked people in the world (half the world has no toilet), but none at cbs news begging for a toilet ... there are a lot of naked people, but not at cbs news screaming oppression ... there are a lot of five year olds with get well soons to issue to thier parents or teachers for this grievance or that, but not at cbs news ... there are many prostitutes, but not at cbs news because caging and collaring pros for money is moral ... there are lots of folk with no lunch money, but they are not in line at cbs news to beg for a bite ... i hate it
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- vs1mom:
"Keep your opinion to yourself"??
How UN-American. It is our duty as citizens to speak out against the sick policies of Cheney/Bush, which have cost the lives of 3,500 troops, 800 contractors, $500 Billion and at least a hundred thousand Iraqi lives. Thats why so many veterans are PROTESTING against this disgusting, anti-American Cheney/Bush regime!
It is obvious to anyone who has been paying attention that Cheney/Bush LIED us into Iraq as part of a long-standing goal (outlined in the PNAC position papers) to dominate the MiddleEast with military force. Now, sure enough, they are pressuring the Iraqi parliament to pass an Oil Law that turns over their nationalized Oil to US Corporations.
The sooner we get OUT of Iraq the sooner our troops come home, the sooner the region will stabalize. - Reply to this comment
- ". We rarely seek gratitude...for we feel that it is our duty...a duty that fewer and fewer Americans are willing to commit to. "
That's because more and more people are waking UP to the lies, deceit and bullchit we have been spoon-fed by the Bush regime, but actually this started long ago with the cold war with Russia and how we were worked into a frenzy of fear about how Russia was going to take over the USA.
Years later, after billions squandered on missil silos now abandoned, tens of thousands of nuclear warheads, chemical weapons, battleships and more- we discovered in the 80s that gee, when we actually visited and talked to Russians they were people like us and the whole thing just fell apart with the cold war, arms race and threats that never existed. - Reply to this comment
- Just a poorly educated president. Its pretty hard to manufacture weapons of mass destruction under sanctions in Iraq because it has few natural resources other than oil. Second there were just around 30 Al Queeda terrorists in a camp in the no fly zone that iraqi soldiers couldn't attack without getting bombed. It would have been far cheaper to bomb that camp from the air. Instead of wasting so many lives in a needless war.
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- history shows what happens when southerners get the power in america.
the south has a dark and sordid past.
bush is just the latest chapter to come out of that most militaristic and extremist region of america.
the south never does good for america.
always war, hate, phony christian creeps and crooked republican snakes.
ha,ha,ha.
that's the south for you, folks! - Reply to this comment
- I have sat here and listen to people downgrade this WAR. My husband SFC A.Shirah came hone from his 2nd deployment yesterday (June 6, 2007)/. He told me that there was alot of blodod shen, but our VA will help him out, also my daughter and I. So until you have done 2 deployment in 3 years, KEEP YOUR *** OPINION to you self.
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- 3500 LIVE armed troops on our Southern border would sure have been a much better use of the talent and training wasted in Iraq. Thanks to Bush and Kennedy and their clique the USA is wide open to destruction from within our own borders. So why are our young people in Iraq? Why is there a single Illegal Alien still in OUR country? Shame, shame, shame on those advocating white flag surrender to the Illegal Aliens.
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- "Maybe you didn't didn't mean what you said...or perhaps you did. Before you post your deathwish for me and my fellow Soldiers in a public forum, you should remember that we do what we do for YOU. We rarely seek gratitude...for we feel that it is our duty...a duty that fewer and fewer Americans are willing to commit to. God Bless you, my fellow American...and God Bless our Great Nation"
I have to admit that when I read his original post I thought "what an a$$hole".
But then I realized that he was using sarcasm to get his message across and that he wasn't actually serious.
Posted by mcdazz at 09:56 PM : Jun 07, 2007
Sometimes sarcasm can send a powerful message. Please, for a moment, put yourself in the place of a CNA (Casualty Notification Officer), the Soldier who has the hidius task of knocking on a door at 6:00 am to tell a family member that his or her loved one is not coming home alive. It's the most painful scenario you could ever imagine, even if you never knew the Soldier. Please let us not forget the "Human Factor" when we are expressing our political views. Yes, the situation in Iraq is a mess. But, before we make heartless statements, let us remember that these Soldiers who are dying are our friends, sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, etc. Asking for more lives to make a political statement does not help the grieving process for those who have suffered unimaginable losses. - Reply to this comment
- "3500 US deaths in Iraq since 2003?...there have been over 49,368 [US] murders...from only 2003, 2004, 2005. Sounds like Iraq is the SAFE place to be." Posted by effallah at 09:04 PM : Jun 07, 2007
Move there. Possibly 750,000 Iraqi deaths have also occurred, but... whose counting? - Reply to this comment
- detherton63 wrote:
"Maybe you didn't didn't mean what you said...or perhaps you did. Before you post your deathwish for me and my fellow Soldiers in a public forum, you should remember that we do what we do for YOU. We rarely seek gratitude...for we feel that it is our duty...a duty that fewer and fewer Americans are willing to commit to. God Bless you, my fellow American...and God Bless our Great Nation"
I have to admit that when I read his original post I thought "what an a$$hole".
But then I realized that he was using sarcasm to get his message across and that he wasn't actually serious. - Reply to this comment
- mh4cbs1 wrote:
"Then visualize Cheney as he sneers at the anti-war critics as he snarls that they "don't have the stomach far War". This from a 5-deferment draft-dodger.
Cheney and Bush LIED us into this needless, horrific War. JAIL these murderous thugs!"
Everytime I see Cheney open his big, fat, smug, cowardly mouth he makes me feel sick.
He would easily have to be one of the most morally bankrupt, evil and disgusting men to have cursed this earth with his presence.
He has no redeeming characteristics or qualities.
It's a d@mn shame that innocent Americans and Iraqis are dying so that this creeps net wealth can grow.
I hope he dies a long and painful death, and that he suffers one minute of excruciating pain for each and every innocent life that he has helped end. - Reply to this comment
- Quote from winnerindia: "The number of US troops killed or burnt on daily basis should be increased in order to save the money of an American tax payer. This would also force snakes to call back our troops."
" Tell that to the spouses, parents and children of our service members who are currently serving in the Theater of Operations. ...without reservation, to protect the likes of you.
Posted by detherton63
"I am never saying that our soldiers should be killed. I merely wrote in a stiric manner that the *** holes who are not calling back our troops should call back troops whatever the excuse may be. Will they call troops after they are killed in scores greater than Vietnam? I am afraid."
Posted by winnerindia
Maybe you didn't didn't mean what you said...or perhaps you did. Before you post your deathwish for me and my fellow Soldiers in a public forum, you should remember that we do what we do for YOU. We rarely seek gratitude...for we feel that it is our duty...a duty that fewer and fewer Americans are willing to commit to. God Bless you, my fellow American...and God Bless our Great Nation - Reply to this comment
- hallelujah!...
in the south they're singing praises to the lord...
3,500 american soldiers have met their fate and become martyrs for jesus christ.
they will be glorified in heaven... praise to george bush!
it's a great day in the south!...praised be the lord.
we must continue to fight these muslim aggressors.
christian soldiers...you must fight this scourage from the east.
forward soldiers!...let not the mourning of your mothers and sisters deter you from your appointed task.
your reward will be in heaven.
praised be the lord! - Reply to this comment
- Here are a list of the Congress that is Responsible for keeping this War going! They are in the pocket of the Israeli Lobby Group AIPAC I hope the soldiers families in their states remember this!
Also Carl Levin (D)
Steny Hoyer (D)
Alexander, Lamar- (R - TN)
Allard, Wayne- (R - CO)
Chambliss, Saxby- (R - GA)
Cochran, Thad- (R - MS)
Coleman, Norm- (R - MN)
Collins, Susan M.- (R - ME)
Cornyn, John- (R - TX)
Craig, Larry E.- (R - ID)
Dole, Elizabeth- (R - NC)
Enzi, Michael B.- (R - WY)
Graham, Lindsey- (R - SC)
Hagel, Chuck- (R - NE)
Inhofe, James M.- (R - OK)
McConnell, Mitch- (R - KY)
Roberts, Pat- (R - KS)
Sessions, Jeff- (R - AL)
Smith, Gordon H.- (R - OR)
Stevens, Ted- (R - AK)
Sununu, John E.- (R - NH)
Warner, John- (R - VA) - Reply to this comment
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