Main U.S. Base Near Baghdad Attacked
Rocket Or Mortar Kills 2 Coalition Soldiers And Wounds 38 Others
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Detainees wait for their release from a U.S.-run facility at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Oct. 10, 2007. About 60 a day were released during Ramadan – which ended Wednesday - as a goodwill gesture by the U.S. (AP)
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The aftermath of an Oct. 10, 2007 car bombing in Tikrit, Iraq - Saddam Hussein's hometown. The explosion, near a market, killed a policeman and a civilian and wounded another policeman and three other civilians. (AP)
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Karon (left) and Nora, daughters of Marou Awanis, one of two Christian women killed Oct. 9, 2007, in Baghdad by members of a private security firm, are seen here the next day at their mother's funeral in Baghdad. (AP)
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The attack occurred Wednesday at the Camp Victory, a sprawling garrison that houses the headquarters of American forces in Iraq, according to a statement. The military says insurgents fired rockets on the camp from a nearby abandoned school.
Two coalition force members were killed and 38 wounded, the military said. It also said two "third country nationals" were wounded. It did not identity them further, but military spokesman Lt. Col. Rudolph Burwell said the term usually refers to foreign contractors and not Iraqis or Americans.
The attack is under investigation, the statement said.
CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports that because of the timing and accuracy of this latest attack, some officials suspect a spy inside Camp Victory is telling the enemy exactly when and where to aim.
Most troops stationed at Camp Victory are American but other coalition soldiers are based at the complex near Baghdad International Airport. No further details on the attack were immediately released.
Camp Victory and other U.S. bases in Iraq have frequently come under fire, but attacks with such a large number of casualties are rare.
On Sept. 11, one person was killed and 11 were wounded in a rocket attack. The U.S. military said a 240 mm rocket provided to Shiite extremists by Iran was used in that attack.
The U.S.-protected Green Zone, which houses the American and British embassies and the Iraqi government headquarters, is far more vulnerable as it is situated in central Baghdad.
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Marine Corps Commandant James T. Conway proposed the idea during a session with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and several regional military commanders, said the article.
Click here to read The New York Times story on Marine Corps redeployment.
The arrangement would leave ground combat in Iraq primarily to the U.S. Army. Currently, there are 25,000 Marines serving among 162,000 American troops in Iraq and no major units serving in Afghanistan, according to the Times article.
Fox news.
Marines are scared to fight this unwinnable war against an UNSEEN ENEMY who doesn''t wear MILITARY UNIFORM, DOESN''T FOLLOW GENEVA CONVENTION and is determined enough to sacrifise his life for the cause.
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Sgt. Cassidy--the Indiana NG member who died from an IED attack 15 months ago--is one of thousands who was is not counted as KIA in the Stupid Peoples'' War.
If anyone is dumb enough to join the United States armed forces under the current Demopublican Regime, expect the kind of sorry treatment accorded him...
Posted by tuckerndfw at 07:38 AM : Oct 11, 2007"
That and having to repair the reputation of America after this botchery, which will be hard, even if it''s only a relatively small amount of Americans who agree with this administration. I''d be willing to bet most people in these other countries that dislike "us" in general don''t know the reality of what most of us think about what Bush has done, they only know what has been done in the name of "America."
Are we partly to blame? I think so. We''ve let our government get totally out of control. Oversight is a punchline.
Just when is two (although it is a tragic loss) a large number of casualties?
That may be one reason, but it''s far from the only reason. Other reasons: 1) it allows the Bushit admin to underplay the number of US combatants actually in Iraq--it''s not 160,000, it''s more like 200,000; 2) it give Bushit/Cheney and the neocons a private army with no accountability with which they can terrorize the locals in a way real U.S. soldiers would never do; 3) it provides fat kickbacks to Bushit/Cheney and the RNC courtesy of the U.S. taxpayer, and 4) it is a nice training ground for the Gestapo that Bushit/Cheney and the neofascists can bring home to oppress the American people if they ever develop a spine.
People like McVet try to create an image that they are behind America and represent American goals. That could not be further from the truth. The truth is these types are nothing more than sheep following poor and untrusting, ill defined goals. They are the only ones out there that will believe the conspiracy theories that are spread on the internet with out researching the stories themselves. If they did, they would know that most of the stories are just that, just stories.
"NO government services should be "privatized." If it''''s a taxpayer funded service, it should be performed by government employees. "
Posted by tuckerndfw
So you think a huge government is the answer? I dont. I think most of this guffaw should be flushed and left to each individual State to regulate, like its supposed to be. The military, on the other hand, should be dealing with the military goals, and a substantial part of that comes from private industry. That goes back as far back as the first army depending on farmers for its subsistence.
Posted by radiob at 08:15 AM : Oct 11, 2007
Just how many would it take to satisfy your lust for blood?
if you''re a Republican.
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- Posted by radiob at 08:15 AM : Oct 11, 2007
In World War II it wouldn''t have been.
In the useless, counterproductive war like Iraq, one casualty is one too many.
(Unless it''s somebody like terrorislam1. That would be a sacrifice we could steel ourselves to endure.)
- Posted by terrorislam1 at 01:12 PM : Oct 11, 2007
Going around with a handbag -- I hope it matched his shoes.
What a sissy.
Actually, the Regime and the Oligarchy that it fronts for has achieved its primary goals..It has restored opium production in Afghanistan. It has reduced Iraq to impotence and is on the fast track to dividing it up, as the Zio-Nazi Senate of the United States resolved recently to do in accordance with decades-old Israeli strategic designs. It has seized control of Iraqs Oil fields so that Iraqi oil will not serve to drive down the price of OPEC/ARAMCO production. It is on a relentless propaganda drive to launch an attack on Iran and control its production as well. And, the leading candidates of the mainstream parties running for the presidency are supporting continuation of the war and an attack on Iran.
If you don''t vote for Paul, Kucinich or Gravel-- you are getting 4-8 more years of Bush policies.
Muslims tell Christians: ''Make peace with us or survival of world is at stake''
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The trillion dollar tax fight
By now, everyone knows Rep. Charles B. Rangel is poised to introduce the %u201Cmother%u201D of all tax reforms, the biggest and most expensive tax code overhaul since 1986.
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--- Defense Secretary Gates & the Army''''s Chief of Staff wants to increase our military to restore our Military''''s Ready Strategic Reserves --------- Taxes will pay for it & the equipment & training they will need ----
------- Support the Troops this time with a bit of reality, we might be able to actually win a war in the future instead of losing as in the Bush administration.
Are we there yet?
The TET Offensive (Act II) may have begun!
SIG HEIL, BUSH!!!!!
Our bet - less than 10 minutes to turn that hugely expensive white elephant into dust. Your guess?
(Unless it''s somebody like terrorislam1. That would be a sacrifice we could steel ourselves to endure.)
Posted by Iceman_1960
You''re right. We, Americans could handle the tragic loss of one such as terrorislam1lars008screamingprick, but not the loss of more of our brave military. The surge was to buy some breathing room for the Iraqis to accomplish reconciliation. The Iraqis say that''s not going to happen. Time to end the surge, reinstate the declaration of "Mission Accomplished" and get our soldiers out of the civil war that bushit guaranteed. Or, is the reason for continuing the surge going to become the same kind of moving target as the reason for the war has been?
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by speakinup
October 14, 2007 7:48 PM PDT
- Gee - does anyone remember when this used to be a daily event ? Did our news media fall asleep, or has it been a while since this has happened ?
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See all 31 CommentsOh - but listen to the die-hard far left, still hoping this will win the election for Hillary - "It''s the second tet offensive! The sky is falling, the sky is falling!"