BAGHDAD, April 7, 2008

5 U.S. Troops Killed In Bloody Day In Iraq

Blast Kills 3 Alleged Militants In Basra; Violence Intensifies Ahead Of Gen. Petraeus' Report

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    • Neighbors in the al-Asdiqa neighborhood react after their house was destroyed in an explosion in Basra, Iraq, Monday, April 7, 2008. Photo

      Neighbors in the al-Asdiqa neighborhood react after their house was destroyed in an explosion in Basra, Iraq, Monday, April 7, 2008.  (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

    • A U.S. Army soldier secures a checkpoint in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City Baghdad, Monday, April 7, 2008. Photo

      A U.S. Army soldier secures a checkpoint in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City Baghdad, Monday, April 7, 2008.  (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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(CBS/AP)  The U.S. military has reported two more American soldiers killed by separate roadside bombs in Iraq.

The military says a Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldier died in an explosion Sunday during a route-clearing patrol in an eastern section of the capital.

A separate statement says another American soldier also has died of wounds suffered in a roadside bombing north of Baghdad.

That raises to two the number of Multi-National Division - North soldiers killed in the blast in the volatile Diyala province. The other death was reported Sunday after the attack occurred.

At least 4,020 members of the U.S. military have died since the Iraq war started in March 2003. That's according to an Associated Press count.

Meanwhile, Iraqi security forces said a large explosion demolished a building in the southern city of Basra on Monday, killing at least three militants and wounding four.

British military spokesman Maj. Tom Holloway said it was not clear what caused the blast but insisted no British, U.S. or Iraqi forces were involved. An Iraqi police official and witnesses say those killed were gunmen using the abandoned house as a base, and that the building was destroyed in an air strike.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information.

U.S.-led forces have carried out several airstrikes amid fierce clashes between Shiite militiamen and Iraqi troops. But Holloway says that was not the case this time.

On Sunday, suspected Shiite militants lobbed rockets and mortar shells into the U.S.-protected Green Zone, killing two American troops and wounding dozens more, officials said.

The attacks occurred as U.S. and Iraqi forces battled Shiite militants in Sadr City in some of the fiercest fighting since radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered a cease-fire a week ago. At least 16 Iraqi civilians were killed and nearly 100 wounded in the fighting, according to hospital officials.

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki issued his strongest warning to date on Monday to al-Sadr to disband his militia or face political isolation. The Sadrists said Monday a move to ban them from elections would be unconstitutional.

Aide Hassan al-Zarqani said from Iran that al-Sadr will consult Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and other top Shiite clerics if the government continues to pressure al-Sadr to disband the militia or see his candidates banned from upcoming elections.

A military official said two U.S. troops died and 17 were wounded in the attack on the Green Zone, which houses the U.S. Embassy and the Iraqi government headquarters in central Baghdad.

A senior U.S. military official, also declining to be identified for the same reason, said the rockets were fired at the Green Zone from Sadr City while the mortar shells came from another predominantly Shiite neighborhood in eastern Baghdad, New Baghdad.
U.S. commanders have blamed what they call Iranian-backed rogue militia groups for launching missiles against American forces. American commanders say Iran supplies the militias with armor-piercing roadside bombs known as explosively formed penetrators or EFPs and other weapons. Tehran denies the allegations.

In related developments:

  • Iran said Monday it's willing to enter another round of ambassador-level talks with the U.S. over Iraq. Iran and the U.S. have held three rounds of high-level talks in Baghdad on Iraqi security since last May. Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said Iran will "continue the talks, with necessary conditions." He said the U.S. sent an official request for talks through the Swiss Embassy in Tehran. Hosseini did not say when the next round of talks might be held. Iran holds considerable sway in Iraq, where the majority of the population is also Shiite Muslim and where Shiite political parties have close ties to Tehran.

  • The U.S. military said the largest cache of EFPs had been found by Iraqi troops acting on a tip south of Baghdad. More than 1,000 bomb components and 3,000 pounds of explosives were found Wednesday in a 6-ton truck in a garage south of Hillah, according to a statement.

  • Violence also continued in northern Iraq. Gunmen seized 42 students off a bus near the city of Mosul - the last major urban stronghold of al Qaeda in Iraq - but later released them unharmed. The U.S. military said the college students were rescued by Iraqi soldiers, and three kidnappers had been detained.

  • Hundreds of mourners gathered Sunday in the capital's Karradah district for the funeral of Father Youssef Adel, an Assyrian Orthodox priest slain the day before at his home. One of the mourners, Midhat Faez, said the assassination was aimed at provoking conflict between Muslims and the tiny Christian community. "As Christians, we are terrified and our numbers are gradually diminishing," Faez said.

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    We lack food, water and electricity. This morning I saw two men being shot by a sniper as they were trying to cross the street near my house.

    Hussein Khazim, Sadr City resident
    The deadly mortar and rocket strikes in Baghdad came despite a strong push by the U.S. military to prevent militants from using suspected launching sites on the southern edge of Sadr City, the Baghdad stronghold of the Mahdi Army of anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

    Fierce fighting erupted in Sadr City earlier Sunday after Iraqi troops backed by U.S. soldiers and attack helicopters tried to advance deeper into the enclave of some 2.5 million people.

    American helicopters also fired Hellfire missiles that destroyed a vehicle and killed nine militants who were attacking Iraqi security forces rocket-propelled grenades in the area, the military said in a statement.

    The surge in violence came as tensions rose in Shiite areas despite al-Sadr's cease-fire order issued March 30 that ended nearly a week of clashes in Baghdad, Basra and other cities in the Shiite south.

    The cleric stopped short of asking his fighters to surrender their weapons, and sporadic clashes have continued.

    The inability of the Iraqi security forces to curb the militias has cast doubt on their ability to take over their own security two days before the top American officials in Iraq - Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker - are to brief Congress on the prospects for further reductions in the U.S. troop presence in Iraq.

    Al-Sadr has called for a "million-strong" anti-U.S. demonstration on Wednesday in Baghdad to protest the fifth anniversary of the capture of Baghdad by invading U.S. troops.

    CBS News chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan reports that any action against the Mahdi Army will likely bring more violence, and the government's ultimatum comes at a crucial point this time - coinciding with al-Sadr's call for a march.

    At the edge of Sadr City, Lt. Col. Dan Barnett, the commander of the 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, said Iraqi forces had come under sustained fire overnight after establishing checkpoints deeper into the Shiite district.

    "They're working to establish control," he said, speaking to a small group of reporters as heavy gunfire resounded outside a joint U.S.-Iraqi base.

    The Iraqi government has relaxed security measures Saturday around the Mahdi Army strongholds of Sadr City and the Shula neighborhood, allowing trucks carrying maintenance teams, food, oil products and ambulances into the areas that still face a vehicle ban despite the lifting of a citywide curfew.

    But residents continued to complain of hardships.

    "Our situation is miserable. We lack food, water and electricity. This morning I saw two men being shot by a sniper as they were trying to cross the street near my house. The government should do something to end our suffering," said Hussein Khazim, a taxi driver who has been out of work since the turmoil erupted in late March.

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    by mcvet April 7, 2008 7:12 AM PDT
    Iraq! The BIG LIE that just keeps on giving! SIEG HEIL BUSH!!
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    by underdogus April 7, 2008 7:34 AM PDT
    "U.S. commanders have blamed what they call Iranian-backed rogue militia" ....Iran is an enormous threat. Iran is the tip of the radical sword....IRAN NEEDS TO BE STOPPED NOW!!
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    by johnpatrick9 April 7, 2008 8:04 AM PDT
    More dead Americans for a lying premptive war put upon us by a lying draft dodging president and vice president and a bunch of neo-fascists. Wake up America dump these crazies and stop defending the bad choice so many of you made not once but twice....you voted against your Republic and you voted against yourself by placing these phone "patriots" in power over our beautiful nation. God bless America..God *** bush and cheney and yoo and gonzales and feith and the rest of that Nazi scum.
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    by louklou51 April 7, 2008 8:04 AM PDT
    This proves once and for all the worse president in United States history is the present one and thank heaven he leaves office in January.
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    by johnpatrick9 April 7, 2008 8:07 AM PDT
    If you still believe in bush and his war of agression then go over there and take a bullet for bush or send your sons and oh yes your daughters. One tires of phony hypocritical republicans willing to have others die for their numnut beliefs in violence and maiming as proof of their phony patriotism. Put up or shut up.
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    by bgwinnett April 7, 2008 8:14 AM PDT
    They''ve done what the Russians did to Napoleon and Hitler, sucked us in with the surge and set a bear trap.
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    by armydog2 April 7, 2008 8:16 AM PDT
    Five more young men dead for 935 lies in this preemptive war. Now lets get Iran into the act.All you bushbabies better enlist now, as the saying goes talk the talk now walk the walk. two, three and four tours of duty in a war zone is enough for these kids now it is your turn.
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    by underdogus April 7, 2008 8:20 AM PDT
    All you bushbabies better enlist now Posted by armydog2 ..when the s.hit hits the fan you will enlist, $$$$$$ mark my words....
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    by bgwinnett April 7, 2008 8:57 AM PDT
    Five more young men dead for 935 lies in this preemptive war
    posted by armydog2

    Who counted them and how?
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    by mrmazerati April 7, 2008 8:59 AM PDT
    Definition of Religious Conflict: Where I bet my invisible friend can beat up your invisible friend.
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    by blackwater66-2009 April 7, 2008 9:06 AM PDT
    When you get in office next year, send more troops Big John and more money to complete our mission.

    Thanks for the support,
    Warriors of the World
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    by bgwinnett April 7, 2008 9:07 AM PDT
    Christians are strapping suicide bombs around their wastes and blowing up innocent people in the name of Christ. Please share with us, stupid.

    Were ahead of them in that curve, by about 800 years going back to the the crusades.Funny how the Arabs were the more enlightened guys then.
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    by joyous88 April 7, 2008 9:17 AM PDT
    bomb em tell the bubba''s are happy

    thank gawd the surge is working bubba

    mission accomplished

    if you actually supported the troops instead of the

    criminals Bush and McBushCain;

    you would want the troops home,

    the troops want to come home

    and the Iraqi people want them to leave
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    by sumarongi April 7, 2008 9:21 AM PDT
    The stupidest thing about the "reasoning" about the war in Iraq, is that unless we are willing to commit virtual genocide against the Islamic population in all the Mid Eastern countries, we have the proverbial snowball''s chance in H e ll, of winning this war. We can remain there for the next one hundred years and the only thing we will succeed in doing is running up our casualty and body counts. In addition, every incident that we are involved in that claims civilian lives further increases the hatred and swells the ranks of the insurgents. We fought a war in Southeast Asia, in which we were defeated by an army that was supplied via backwoods trails filled with men and women lugging ammunition south one backpack load at a time. Apparently, we learned nothing from our sacrifice of 58,195 lives. How high are we willing to let the body count go for yet another senseless war? How many wounded and maimed lives are we willing to absorb before we realize that this is another war we cannot "win".
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    by sumarongi April 7, 2008 9:27 AM PDT
    Delusional Fools, we listened to you preach victory in Vietnam for ten years and look what it cost us.
    58,195 dead and over 300,000 wounded and maimed, all for idiots like you.
    If we want to spend our troops lives establishing democracy in the world we should spend them here and invade Washington, D.C. to take back our own government. It''s been taken over by the Demopublicans under the leadership of Corporate America. We need to overthrow the corruption and restablish the rule of the people. We need to enforce strict term limits and election reform laws. We need to put reins on Wall Street to ensure that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is once again for everyone in America.
    We need to clean up our own house first, then we can worry about the rest of the world.
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    by janiet3 April 7, 2008 9:32 AM PDT
    Doesn''t anyone have the morals and backbone to stop this insanity?

    One more question, will we survive GW until January next year? And, whomever is his successor, will he/she be able to stop the bleeding (heavy on the sarcasm), much less do anything at all to repair any of the damage?
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    by sgtrds April 7, 2008 9:35 AM PDT
    5 more bodies on Bush and Cheney''s heads. The blood of 5 more soldiers dripping from their hands. They are murdering scum. And they simply do not care.
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    by sgtrds April 7, 2008 9:38 AM PDT
    You Fake Christians are a hoot! What''''re they gonna do, invade America and make you grow beards?

    Posted by FloydZepp at 08:05 AM : Apr 07, 2008

    Well in all fairness some of their women really would look better in Burkas. Like Ann Coulter and Laura Bush for instance.
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    by janiet3 April 7, 2008 9:45 AM PDT
    Ainttaken, although GW''s sanity and delusions of grandeur or unmistakable, I would seriously doubt he would/could ever get away with that. We Americans, well most of us, have awakened from our slumber finally and, ahem, simply would never allow that, if you get my drift.

    He is gone one way or another, and Lord help us he doesn''t destroy our beloved nation before he is banished to outer Crawford, TX.
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    by janiet3 April 7, 2008 9:46 AM PDT
    Oops, that should have read "are unmistakable".
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    by bgwinnett April 7, 2008 9:50 AM PDT
    This is the surge''s first serious test.
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    by jerr11 April 7, 2008 9:52 AM PDT
    5 more US lives sacrificed on the altar of G W Bush''s and ******** Cheney''s greed.

    When G W said he heard the voice of God asking him to invade Iraq and kill thousands, it was really the voice of Satan.

    G W Bush - Son of Satan.

    Damned for All Time!

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    by dogband April 7, 2008 10:02 AM PDT
    This will be the standard daily news story until we simply LEAVE this country. Iraq will never stand on its own until forced to do so when we leave.

    One year from now or ten years from now, Americans will still be killed at this same rate, or worse.

    The question then becomes to any rational thinking, caring person not consumed with government instilled FEAR: how long shall we let this killing of our citizens continue.

    BUSH AND CHENEY tried and convicted for WAR CRIMES in the international courts.
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    by missingamerica April 7, 2008 10:17 AM PDT
    This is what happens when you get leaders who reek of "self-confidence" and "self-assurance" only because they are in fact totally lacking in empathy and are psychologically incapable of evaluating or understanding any view point other than their own.

    As a result of being so analytically crippled, they are always certain that they are both doing the right thing and that they are incapable of failing, no matter how many times they do the wrong thing and/or fail.

    And like Marie Antoinette, when confronted with their failures, they say "Let them eat cake!".

    lollll...or, in the much less decorative English:

    "So?".
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    by downtowner97 April 7, 2008 10:19 AM PDT
    There were two people who really wanted to get us out of Iraq, and they''ve both been sidelined. They were Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich. I''d happily vote for either in November.

    Here in Washington State, the Ron Paul signs on lawns and in windows aren''t going to be taken down any time soon. He did very well here, but the media pretended he didn''t exist.
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    by parrot123-2009 April 7, 2008 10:20 AM PDT
    Five more young men dead for 935 lies in this preemptive war
    posted by armydog2

    You dummy liberals are so desperate. There were no 935 lies. You people are sick in the head, literally.
    Posted by liberalbias1 at 08:40 AM : Apr 07, 2008

    So how many lies were they - 932 ?? Besidees which of the 935 lies were actually TRUE ?? Which one ? Just One ? - Fcking Dumb Repug. Cheers!
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    by stn_sage April 7, 2008 10:23 AM PDT
    What''s that sound? The sound of at least 5 U.S. killed and 31 wounded or so? But, ''we''re winning the war''!

    What''s that sound in Congress this week? Gen.Petraeus asking for ANOTHER 6 months or so---ad infinitum---but, ''we''re winning the war''!

    And what''s that non-sense sound of blind supporters of this war who stupidly suggest this is just the first test of the surge? But, ''we''re winning the war''!

    This war is and will probably continue to be dragged on six more months at a time with no real decrease in the fighting or stability of the government! But make no mistake, WE will never win this war because it''s not ours to win, it''s up to the Iraqis, and they can''t see or want a democratic form of govt! And, at some point the Bush administration and its'' supporters must be held accountable for this illegal war!
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    by joyous88 April 7, 2008 10:27 AM PDT
    thank gawd for mission accomplished bubba
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    by mrmazerati April 7, 2008 10:30 AM PDT
    I will never, ever forgive this president for his stupidity and dishonesty. What a miserable failure he is.
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    by stn_sage April 7, 2008 10:34 AM PDT
    Five more young men dead for 935 lies in this preemptive war
    posted by armydog2

    You dummy liberals are so desperate. There were no 935 lies. You people are sick in the head, literally.
    Posted by liberalbias1 at 08:40 AM : Apr 07, 2008
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    The 935 lie figure was derived by going through major speeches, TV addresses, and press conferences. If one were to include statements made at all fundraiser events and personal statements by the principals---the figure would be in the thousands, liberalbias1 you frig''n idiot!

    What''s really sad about people like you, is---you''re either scheming liars or blindly denying reality---in either case, it''s clear mental illness is at work at some level to some degree! SO---most if not all of what you say, can and should be ignored!
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    by jersupporter April 7, 2008 10:40 AM PDT
    The 935 lie figure was derived by going through major speeches, TV addresses, and press conferences. If one were to include statements made at all fundraiser events and personal statements by the principals---the figure would be in the thousands, liberalbias1 you frig''''n idiot! What''''s really sad about people like you, is---you''''re either scheming liars or blindly denying reality---in either case, it''''s clear mental illness is at work at some level to some degree! SO---most if not all of what you say, can and should be ignored! Posted by stn_sage
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    So all that matters is the 935 lies. What about the lies from the newly elected Congress. Bottom line is all politicians need to go. PERIOD. And all weather forecaster because they lie everyday.
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    by prinzowhales April 7, 2008 10:44 AM PDT
    This is not failure! This is success!

    %u201CMilitary men are just dumb stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.%u201D - Henry Kissinger, quoted in %u201CKiss the Boys Goodbye"

    They''ve almost completed the real task of the Stupid Peoples'' War...They are on the verge of breaking apart the Iraqi nation...For only a mere trillion or so of YOUR money they''ve more than doubled the price of oil!...and, they''ve put much of YOUR trillion or so into their own pockets through corrupt military contractors who enjoy no-bid contracts.

    And what do get for YOUR money and YOUR sacrifice?-- You get to have that glowing feeling that you''ve done your bit for Big Oil, Israel and the Almighty Dollar...

    Kissinger was not quite extensive enough in the above quote..."Americans are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy." There...that is much more accurate! Don''t forget to vote Demopublican so this farce will continue...
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    by downtowner97 April 7, 2008 10:45 AM PDT
    How do you count the lies? Fox news today reports that we''re winning, and everything''s going well despite heavy fighting. They report that the death toll is over 4000. That nice, round number is used because 20 American lives don''t matter in the "War on Terror". The 5 additional dead today just got to go see Jesus sooner.

    In the Fox article, McCain says we must continue to send money to Iraq to help them rebuild. Where is the oil money going? Oil production is up to pre-war levels, so the Iraqi government should be sending money our way.

    Iraq is a massive training camp where anyone who wants to be better at killing Americans can practice their art from the comfort of their own homes. Before our unilateral invasion, Saddam would have picked up Al Sadr and fed him through a wood chipper feet first.

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    by kissamaarse April 7, 2008 10:46 AM PDT
    And John McSame wants us in Iraq 100 years. Besides the lives, that is $265 Million per day X 365 days per year X 100 years of taxpayer money, borrowed each day from Red China and Saudi Arabia, home to the murderers of 9-11.
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    by prinzowhales April 7, 2008 10:50 AM PDT
    Paul Craig Roberts former high-ranking official of the Reagan Administration, writes that Barney''s protege, Betrayus will make the case for a strike against Iraq, acusing Iranians of fighting for the Iraqi freedom fighters in Basra.

    http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19684.
    htm

    Bob Barr is running for the Libertarian nomination... he is opposed to this Corporate Imperialism...Nader is running....Cynthia McKinney, I believe, is still seeking the Green Party nomination...

    If the Demopublican scum in Washington have their way, we will attack Iran...
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    by babooph April 7, 2008 10:51 AM PDT
    Only a very powerful propaganda system could get a president elected to the USA,who is not able to qualify to pick up trash by the road in my community.No surprise as him as com in chief ,the best army in the world does not beat a few wacos with hand weopons.
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    by prinzowhales April 7, 2008 10:56 AM PDT
    Even more than in 2004, the lesser of two evils will be the scum of the very earth between the mainstream party candidates...VOTE THIRD PARTY!! END CORPORATE IMPERIALISM! BRING THE TROOPS HOME, NOW.

    The Demopublican Congress has set the table for Bush to order a strike on Iran...now, guess who is coming to dinner? Barney''s protege, Betrayus...and he will be eating scraps from the House Armed Forces Committee table where Rep. Ike Skelton supports a strike against Iran.
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    by sumarongi April 7, 2008 11:09 AM PDT
    The stupidest thing about the "reasoning" about the war in Iraq, is that unless we are willing to commit virtual genocide against the Islamic population in all the Mid Eastern countries, we have the proverbial snowball''''s chance in H e ll, of winning this war. We can remain there for the next one hundred years and the only thing we will succeed in doing is running up our casualty and body counts. In addition, every incident that we are involved in that claims civilian lives further increases the hatred and swells the ranks of the insurgents. We fought a war in Southeast Asia, in which we were defeated by an army that was supplied via backwoods trails filled with men and women lugging ammunition south one backpack load at a time. Apparently, we learned nothing from our sacrifice of 58,195 lives. How high are we willing to let the body count go for yet another senseless war? How many wounded and maimed lives are we willing to absorb before we realize that this is another war we cannot "win".
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    by stn_sage April 7, 2008 11:09 AM PDT
    So all that matters is the 935 lies. What about the lies from the newly elected Congress. Bottom line is all politicians need to go. PERIOD. And all weather forecaster because they lie everyday.
    Posted by JERSupporter at 10:40 AM : Apr 07, 2008
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    My response: Where in my previous post that you are responding to, do I say ''all that matters is the 935 lies''?!
    I swear, JERSupporter, you must smoke dope or drink bad homemade hooch or something!! NO WHERE do I say that OR imply it!

    And if you want to discuss lies made by mbrs of Congress concerning the Iraq war, go ahead!

    But, if you''re referring to the U.S. Congress when you say all politicians need to go---be replaced---guess what? I tend to AGREE with you!

    Weathermen don''t lie---they make a legitimate ''best guess'' effort, that''s all they can do.
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    by sumarongi April 7, 2008 11:11 AM PDT
    Delusional Fools, we listened to you preach victory in Vietnam for ten years and look what it cost us.
    58,195 dead and over 300,000 wounded and maimed, all for idiots like you.
    If we want to spend our troops lives establishing democracy in the world we should spend them here and invade Washington, D.C. to take back our own government. It''''s been taken over by the Demopublicans under the leadership of Corporate America. We need to overthrow the corruption and restablish the rule of the people. We need to enforce strict term limits and election reform laws. We need to put reins on Wall Street to ensure that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is once again for everyone in America.
    We need to clean up our own house first, then we can worry about the rest of the world.
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    by mrmazerati April 7, 2008 11:12 AM PDT
    Wait! We can dig up Saddam''s body, clone it, and regrow him, using Miracle Grow to accelerate the process. We can then reinstate him as dictator and let him crush the opposition and fight Iran for us. We sit back and enjoy the show. It''s brilliant!
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    by sumarongi April 7, 2008 11:14 AM PDT
    What''s the difference between a weatherman and a CEO?

    They can both be wrong and still keep their jobs, but only the CEO can get a million dollar+ bonus at the end of the year for doing it.
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    by ajaxtheleast April 7, 2008 11:15 AM PDT
    LOOK WHAT WE FOUND!!!

    A GAZA STRIP OF OUR VER OWN !!!

    COMPLETE WITH ROCKETS AND GUYS RUNNING

    AROUND TO LAUNCH THEM !

    HECK ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS BOMB OUT A

    BUFFER ZONE AROUND THE EDGES OF SADR CITY

    AND EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE.

    JUST ASK ISRIEL.

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    by sumarongi April 7, 2008 11:16 AM PDT
    CEO = The only job where you can lose 7 billion dollars, get fired and still walk out the door with 200 million dollars.
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    by jersupporter April 7, 2008 11:27 AM PDT
    And if you want to discuss lies made by mbrs of Congress concerning the Iraq war, go ahead! But, if you''''re referring to the U.S. Congress when you say all politicians need to go---be replaced---guess what? I tend to AGREE with you! Weathermen don''''t lie---they make a legitimate ''''best guess'''' effort, that''''s all they can do. Posted by stn_sage
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    The easy lie is they campaigned to get elected by promising our withdrawal from Iraq. LIE
    So does that mean Presidents don''''t lie---they make a legitimate ''''best guess'''' effort, that''''s all they can do?
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    by bgwinnett April 7, 2008 11:32 AM PDT
    What''''s the difference between a weatherman and a CEO?

    They can both be wrong and still keep their jobs, but only the CEO can get a million dollar+ bonus at the end of the year for doing it.

    Posted by Sumarongi at 11:14 AM : Apr 07, 2008

    Funny and true, Also even if the CEO''s do loose their their jobs, they still paid millions to *** off.
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    by stn_sage April 7, 2008 11:46 AM PDT
    The easy lie is they campaigned to get elected by promising our withdrawal from Iraq. LIE
    So does that mean Presidents don''''''''t lie---they make a legitimate ''''''''best guess'''''''' effort, that''''''''s all they can do?
    Posted by JERSupporter at 11:27 AM : Apr 07, 2008
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    My response: I knew YOU would suggest this :)!
    Obviously, you''re not keeping up with the news! A Mr.Doug Feith just announced that the Iraq war was based on a premeditated plan to attack---a fait accompli---disregarding any evidence to the contrary suggesting there was no need!

    Do YOU think this president just applies a ''best guess'' policy & therefore he can''t be held responsible?! It''s clear!
    He applies NO ''best guess'' policy! He ignores evidence/facts that stand in the way of what he wants to do!! Then, he does what he wants! SO, he should be held responsible for this actions!
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    by tejasdemo April 7, 2008 11:48 AM PDT
    Why dont we stop calling these folks troops and start calling them what they really are....young men.

    5 young american men were killed.
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    by wakeup60 April 7, 2008 11:54 AM PDT
    Come On America,WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE YOU TO-WAKE UP!GET OUR KIDS OUT OF THERE!HOW MUCH MORE?HOW MANY MORE OF OUR PRICELESS SOLDIERS ARE TO DIE,BE MAIMED, BURNED,BRAINDAMAGED BEYOND BEING HELPED,SENT HOME IN A BOX,A GURNEY OR WHEELCHAIR,WITHOUT ARMS AND LEGS...FOR WHAT?COUNTLESS SUICIDES...FOR WHAT? VIET NAM WILL HAVE "TAME" STATISTICS COMPARED TO THIS HORROR,THIS GROTESQUE TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE/"MISSION ACCOMPLISHED DUD"!OUR TROOPS HAVE BEEN FIGHTING IN THE WRONG COUNTRY/SINCE DAY ONE OF 2001! DROP MR. BUSH OVER IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS OWN MESS,WITH THE SAME WEAK EQUIPMENT AND LET HIM EXPERIENCE HIS SUCCESSFUL SURGE-FIRST HAND.OUR KIDS HAVE BEEN FIGHTING ONE TOUR AFTER ANOTHER/2,3,4,5 GO-BACKS/TILL THEY ARE RUINED OR DIE! AND NOW,BUSH IS GOING TO INVADE IRAN AND AFGANISTAN/ALITTLE LATE-HUH!!! AND WITH THE SAME TROOPS/JUST LETTING THEM SLIDE OVER THE BORDER & START ALL OVER FROM THE BEGINNING! POOR GEORGE,THE SILVER SPOON IN YOUR MOUTH IS REALLY TARNISHED NOW BUDDY! MORE OF THE SAME MR. MCCAIN!! NO THANKS!
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    by jersupporter April 7, 2008 12:05 PM PDT
    stn_sage - I knew you would answer that way. How much more of this complaining will do any good?
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