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The U.S. military said engineers were dispatched with bulldozers and other heavy equipment to clear the highway, which was partially blocked by debris from the overpass. An Iraqi interpreter also was wounded in the attack, according to the statement that gave the casualty toll.
Donald Campbell, a 40-year-old Scot with the private security firm Armor Group International, and his colleagues were in a passing convoy and worked with a U.S. Army quick reaction force for some 45 minutes to pull trapped men from the rubble, scrambling over the fallen concrete.
U.S. armored vehicles provided cover fire from their cannons after the bombing, which occurred in the area dubbed the "triangle of death" for its frequent Sunni insurgent attacks.
The blast dropped one of two sections of the "Checkpoint 20" bridge, which crosses over the north-south expressway, six miles east of Mahmoudiya.
It appeared that a northbound suicide driver stopped and detonated his vehicle beside a support pillar, said Lt. Col. Garry Bush, an Army munitions officer who was in the convoy, which also carried an Associated Press reporter and photographer and arrived two minutes after the blast.
A U.S. Army checkpoint and a tent structure, apparently a rest area, fell into the shattered concrete. The crossing was believed to have been closed to all but military traffic at the time.
Armor Group security guards, all ex-military, and others in the convoy rushed to the ruins. They found a scene of confusion.
"When that size blast went off, everyone was in shock," said one of the first atop the rubble, Jackie Smith, 53, a former lieutenant colonel now working as a civilian Army munitions expert.
He said he saw what he believed was the engine block of a truck — apparently what remained of the suicide vehicle.
Soon the outpost sergeant in charge was organizing a search for his missing men, Smith said. The Armor Group team climbed up with first-aid kits, stretchers and other aid.
With the Army's quick reaction force, they struggled to lift concrete shards off the men, pinned along the slope of what was once a roadway. At one point, a Bradley armored vehicle with a tow chain pulled a slab off a pinned victim to free him.
Then a shout went up, "Morphine! Morphine!" and a black T-shirt-clad Briton administered painkiller to the freed man.
"Another poor fellow looked crushed beneath a concrete slab," said the Armor Group's Campbell.
During the rescue operation, U.S. armored vehicles opened up with suppressing fire, possibly having spotted movement in the surrounding countryside, flat and baking in 100-degree-plus Fahrenheit temperatures.
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See all 174 CommentsClearly this is just one more lie that this corrupt and pathetic administration has been telling the American public.
If Iraqi troops are able to take control, then why are we still guarding bridges?
Why aren't Iraqi troops doing the very basics like guarding bridges instead of leaving our troops exposed?
I wonder whose plan that was?
While were are doing that, we should conduct additional operations with our biggest bunker busters on some of the hidden nuclear facilities in thier country.
Find out how hot headed they get when they figure out that they dont have any chance against us when we move against them. The whole region will be safer.
in a senseless war -
authored by bushit
a man without any sense of decency
Posted by pwrslm
you and lieberman have alot in common.
why don't you both enlist, or better, admit you're
not American, and go back to israel.
you'd be doing us a great favor.
you and lieberman have alot in common.
why don't you both enlist, or better, admit you're
not American, and go back to israel.
you'd be doing us a great favor.
Posted by neoconRcrazy at
Actually halfwit, Im not a ball less wonder like you, I was born in the USA, and I fought for the USA as an Airborne Ranger, so get your stinking head out of your arse and figure out that nothing you have said has any value beyond your own mind.
This country was not built on cowardice and compromise. We either stand up for Justice, or we die. There is no other way to keep our freedom.
It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood,
A beautiful day for a neighbor.
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?...
It's a neighborly day in this beauty wood,
A neighborly day for a beauty.
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?...
I've always wanted to have a neighbor just like you.
I've always wanted to live in a neighborhood with you.
So, let's make the most of this beautiful day.
Since we're together we might as well say:
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?
Won't you be my neighbor?
Won't you please,
Won't you please?
Please won't you be my neighbor?
... come on! I can't hear you!
See if they can swat them out of the air, eh? What do you think those towels on thier heads are for, to keep flies out of thier hair?
Wake up people, Iran has been itching for conflict with the USA for decades. We should give it to them!!
"There are tribal sheiks out there who say 'Hey, just allow me to be the local security force. I don't care what you call me. ... You can call me whatever you want. Just give me the right training and equipment and I'll secure my area.' And that's the direction we're moving out there," the Third Infantry Division commander said."
"They say: 'We hate you because you are an occupier, but we hate al Qaeda worse and we hate the Persians (Iranians) even worse".
So now we're providing weapons and training to the people that attack us, based on the fact that they hate us, but they hate our enemies worse? Even the war mongering neo-cons should be shaking their heads at this. WOW!! Just when you think that there's no way at all, that it could possibly get any worse than it already is, we get this story.
fighting for America is just when you are doing it for a just cause like fighting another type of Facism.
Posted by antoniof123 at 08:44 AM : Jun 11, 2007
FASCIST NAZI ISLAM / PERFECT EXAMPLE OF FASCISM!!!
Fascist nazi islam is intent on killing or enslaving all non muslims......
The most notable characteristic of a fascist country is the separation and persecution or denial of equality to a specific segment of the population based upon superficial qualities or belief systems.
Simply stated, a fascist government always has one class of citizens that is considered superior (good) to another (bad) based upon race, creed or origin. It is possible to be both a republic and a fascist state. The preferred class lives in a republic while the oppressed class lives in a fascist state.
http://www.couplescompany.com/Features/Politics/Structure3.htm
See if they can swat them out of the air, eh? What do you think those towels on thier heads are for, to keep flies out of thier hair?
Wake up people, Iran has been itching for conflict with the USA for decades. We should give it to them!!
Posted by pwrslm at 08:43 AM : Jun 11, 2007
Maybe we should send Big Bird to talk to Mr. Bush and Mr. Ahamadinejad so they see how much more fun it is when we are all friends and love and help each other.
you morons are sucking into a polical frey so deeply that you can not figure out who the real enemy is....its not Bush, its not the Republicans, its the ayatollahs and mullahs who are intent on imposing thier will at any cost on whoever they want....
No matter, your not sensible enough to manipulate the politics sufficiently to hide the real truth, nor are you intelligent enough to figure out that no matter who was in the Executive Office, we would still have this mess to deal with.
Bush didnt put us into the middle of this showdown, our fathers, and thier fathers before them, all that way back hundreds of years, did that when they began fighting against the islamicization of the world over a thousand years ago.
No more mental midgets spewing half witted rhetoric, PLEEZ, you dont have anything worth posting, believe it, its true.
We should all play nice and share our candy. Because we're all special and so are you.
I was born in America and am a trained Boy Scout, Eagle Class - and know all the knot tying tricks - so you don't stand a chance dude.
Your foreign policy perspectives are, well, simplistic? Anyway, you probably can tie your own shoes but as for your cry for Justice or Death, why don't you put your ideas to the test yourself and get your arse over there?
Posted by pwrslm at 08:37 AM : Jun 11, 2007
You said it perfectly - THIS country. But unfortunately, our security and freedom have been compromised by the dire situation that the Republican party has put us in. Iraq has nothing to do with OUR freedom, OUR liberty, or justice for the American people. I should say it HAD nothing to do with us - thanks to Bush, it's now our countries' main focus. Instead of fixing the health care system, the education system, building up our defenses against terrorism, etc.
We should all play nice and share our candy. Because we're all special and so are you.
Posted by zootallures2 at 08:55 AM : Jun 11, 2007
name one islamic country that grants EQUAL rights to non muslims???
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
For example, in 1981, the Iranian representative to the United Nations, Said Rajaie-Khorassani, articulated the position of his country regarding the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by saying that the UDHR was "a secular understanding of the Judeo-Christian tradition", which could not be implemented by Muslims without trespassing the Islamic law.
http://www.un.org/terrorism/
http://www.un.org/terrorism/strategy-counter-terrorism.html
http://www.un.org/
But the accepted assumption in India is that most of India's Muslims were converted to Islam through the sword. Meaning the Indians were given an option between death or adopting Islam. The third option was getting examined in Islam religion along with heavy taxes- Jeziya (poll tax) and Kharaj (property tax).
http://adaniel.tripod.com/Islam.htm
this is what fascist nazi islam calls peace....
are you ready to live under islam rule as a non muslim???
apartheid fascist nazi islamic style
Rights of Non-Muslims in an Islamic State
http://www.sullivan-county.com/id3/islamic_state.htm
don't they want their 72 virgins???
or do they know it is BS...
"the iraqi troops won't stand up while we are there.Why should they die when our so called president is putting our Troops in harms way."
I absolutely agree.
Hmmm, same Shiite, different day.
"No more mental midgets spewing half witted rhetoric, PLEEZ, you dont have anything worth posting, believe it, its true."
I guess that's the last we'll be seeing of you then.
Posted by mcdazz
Well, at least you cant claim your trying to impress us with your intelligence, eh?
Posted by lars008
name one jewish country that grants equal rights to non-jews?
Posted by neoconRcrazy at 09:25 AM : Jun 11, 2007
there is only one jewish country haji...
Arab citizens of Israel............ Israel's Declaration of Independence called for equal treatment under the law of all its citizens, regardless of their beliefs or national origin. Arab Israelis have had political representation since the state's first parliamentary assembly; currently, thirteen members of the Israeli Parliament are Arab-Israeli, most representing majority Arab political parties. An Arab-Israeli judge also sits on the Supreme Court,[11] and an Arab Israeli is next in line to the acting presidency (and has assumed role as such for a week-long period).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_citizens_of_Israel
Myths & Facts Online Human Rights in Israel and the Territories
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/myths/mf18.html
Posted by hungry1968
Oh cmon, you dont really believe this BS, do ya?
This thing started when we repelled Iraq out of Kuwait. Billy boy Clinton left our soldier in harms way for 2 terms without resolving the situation that kept them there. He turned a blind eye to reality so he could entertain himself in the Oval Office with cigars and what not....You cant put the blame on the Republicans because the Democrats didnt have the courage to do it. NO MATTER WHO WAS PRESIDENT, it was going to happen. If Billy BJ Clinton would have delt with this thing, it would have prevented the billions that went into Saddams coffers, and prevented the further corruption of the oil for food program, instead of enabling it.
The funniest part is this, that people who shirk jistice are the same ones promoting the democrate parties politics, and condemning Bush (who is the only candidate for 2 elections that had the moral courage to do what had to be done).
It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! March 23, 1775 Patrick Henry
USA's PLEDGE 2 THE WORLD GIVEN BY JFK!!
"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty."
--John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1961 "
"Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." --John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1961 "
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Winston Churchill
Edmund Burke: All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.
Over the years, Israel established a number of settlement points in and around the Old City of Hebron, which had traditionally served as the commercial center for the entire southern West Bank . Israeli law-enforcement authorities and security forces have made the entire Palestinian population pay the price for protecting Israeli settlement in the city. To this end, the authorities impose a regime intentionally and openly based on the "separation principle" (apartheid), as a result of which Israel created legal and physical segregation between the Israeli settlers and the Palestinian majority.
B'Tselem, israeli human rights organization
Posted by pwrslm
your moral compass is faulty - is lying, illegal wiretapping, redition, suspension of habeas corpus, etc. morally acceptable?
No, but if you're suffering from the bush islamofacistphobia - I guess you'll do anything the Fuehrer says -
I denounce this bushit president and everything he has done.
Three more Americans who will never see their families and friends again.
And for what?
A pack of lies that's what.
The blood of over 3,500 American soldiers and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis is on the hands of Bush and all the bumper-sticker patriots who follow him.
The funniest part is this, that people who shirk jistice are the same ones promoting the democrate parties politics, and condemning Bush (who is the only candidate for 2 elections that had the moral courage to do what had to be done).
Posted by pwrslm at 09:31 AM : Jun 11, 2007
What does Clinton have to do with this? Iraq invaded Kuwait, we put troops on the ground and pushed them out. Then they signed the peace / non-aggression treaty with Gen. Schwartzkopf. NOTHING else happened with Iraq to justify our going in a second time. There were no WMD's, they had no ties to Al-Qaeda, and they had nothing to do with 9/11. The courage to do what had to be done? Using that rationale, who do we invade next? Do we just pick a country off the map and say, "I have the courage to invade this country for no reason?" This rests squarely on the shoulders of the Republican party from the President down - don't try to deflect the blame. No one believes it.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printab
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36406
'Greedy monsters' ruled church
SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
BETHLEHEM, West Bank %u2014 The Palestinian gunmen holed up in the Church of the Nativity and later deported by Israel seized church stockpiles of food and "ate like greedy monsters" until the food ran out, while more than 150 civilians went hungry.
They also guzzled beer, wine and Johnnie Walker scotch that they found in priests' quarters, undeterred by the Islamic ban on drinking alcohol.
Angry Orthodox priests yesterday showed two reporters about 20 empty bottles of whiskey, champagne, vodka, cognac and French wine on a kitchen shelf and on the floor of two rooms.
"They should be ashamed of themselves. They acted like animals, like greedy monsters. Come, I will show you more," said one priest, who declined to give his name.
"Palestinians took candelabra, icons and anything that looked like gold," said a Franciscan, the Rev. Nicholas Marquez from Mexico.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20020515-89391238.htm
He has illegally, immorally and unilaterally invaded a country that originally had no ties to terrorism. Now, yes, there are many terrorism threats as Iraq is an international terrorist congregation point.
I served in Iraq and spoke with hundreds of US and "Coalition" military members. I guarantee you there was no one who agreed with our/their presence in Iraq.
When was the last time you heard the media refer to "the Coalition?"
Who are the terrorists in Iraq? What the hell has Bush gotten us into? Where's the plan to get out of this quagmire?
Is there a poll of parents of the dead, injured or missing as to their support for this war?
Q: What's the difference between Iraq and Vietnam?
A: Bush actually had a plan to get out of Vietnam.
"U.S. commanders have been turning to some Sunni groups in Iraq - formerly considered enemies - to join the fight against al Qaeda, according to a report in the New York Times. The report says some of the groups are suspected of past attacks on U.S. troops, and the military acknowledges the inherent risks of the plan. Some weaponry has been provided to the groups, usually via the Iraqi military."
"There are tribal sheiks out there who say 'Hey, just allow me to be the local security force. I don't care what you call me. ... You can call me whatever you want. Just give me the right training and equipment and I'll secure my area.' And that's the direction we're moving out there," the Third Infantry Division commander said."
"They say: 'We hate you because you are an occupier, but we hate al Qaeda worse and we hate the Persians (Iranians) even worse".
So now we're providing weapons and training to the people that attack us, based on the fact that they hate us, but they hate our enemies worse? hungry1968 at 08:47 AM : Jun 11, 2007
yes JFK said we would pay any price and bear any burden but how can we do this if we do n. have a clearly defined enemy and we may be arming one against the other in civil war? Our enemy is al Qaeada... not Sunni not Shia not Iran .
support our troops save their lives bring them home
Posted by hungry1968
What is this, revisionism 101? There was "NO" peace treaty signed with Iraq. Your FOS. There was a cease fire that Iraq was in violation of for a decade. You have no right to argue any points with a lie as your craddle of legitimacy.
Since East Jerusalem was annexed in 1967, the government of Israel%u2019s primary goal in Jerusalem has been to create a demographic and geographic situation that will thwart any future attempt to challenge Israeli sovereignty over the city. To achieve this goal, the government has been taking actions to increase the number of Jews, and reduce the number of Palestinians, living in the city.
At the end of 2005, the population of Jerusalem stood at 723,700: 482,500 Jews (67 percent) and 241,200 Palestinians (33 percent). About 58 percent of the residents live on land that was annexed in 1967 (45 percent of whom are Jews, and 55 percent Palestinians). With the Palestinians having a higher growth rate than the Jews, Israel has used various methods to achieve its goal:
Physically isolating East Jerusalem from the rest of the West Bank, in part by building the separation barrier;
Discriminating in land expropriation, planning, and building, and demolition of houses;
Revoking residency and social benefits of Palestinians who stay abroad for at least seven years, or who are unable to prove that their center of life is in Jerusalem;
Unfairly dividing the budget between the two parts of the city, with harmful effects on infrastructure and services in East Jerusalem.
Israel%u2019s policy gravely infringes the rights of residents of East Jerusalem and flagrantly breaches international law.
Posted by hungry1968 at 09:52 AM : Jun 11, 2007
and your in a drug induced stupor.
You cant even grasp reality, let alone explain it.
"Well, at least you cant claim your trying to impress us with your intelligence, eh?"
Why would I need to impress anyone with my intelligence?
You on the other hand, well, the less said, the better. :-)
Posted by mcdazz
Well, at least you cant claim your trying to impress us with your intelligence, eh?
Posted by pwrslm at 09:20 AM : Jun 11, 2007
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pwrslm wrote:
"No more mental midgets spewing half witted rhetoric, PLEEZ, you dont have anything worth posting, believe it, its true."
I guess that's the last we'll be seeing of you then.
Posted by mcdazz
If you take it in context, its has a lot more meaning. What exactly is it with the whole truth that bothers you?
Posted by mcdazz
Well, at least you cant claim your trying to impress us with your intelligence, eh?
Posted by pwrslm at 09:20 AM : Jun 11, 2007
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pwrslm wrote:
"No more mental midgets spewing half witted rhetoric, PLEEZ, you dont have anything worth posting, believe it, its true."
I guess that's the last we'll be seeing of you then.
Posted by mcdazz
If you take it in context, its has a lot more meaning. What exactly is it with the whole truth that bothers you?
You cant even grasp reality, let alone explain it.
Posted by pwrslm at 10:10 AM : Jun 11, 2007
Bush invades Iraq for no reason and it turned into a total disaster. That's the reality - I have a firm grasp on it, because my eyes are wide open. Just sit there with your blinders on - it works for lars008, lieberman18, processor5 - it seems to be working for you too.
Posted by neoconRcrazy
Israel. There are a lot of arabs living there.
Posted by radiob at
Actually, the cowards and fakes mascarade behind insulting people for understanding the value of what we are doing in Iraq. They oft characturize us as supporters of Bush, when its nothing more than intelligence and understanding that they oppose.
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