BAGHDAD, June 23, 2008

GI Killed In Ambush Outside Baghdad

5 U.S. Soldiers Wounded During Gunfight With Militants After Meeting With Officials

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      Leigh Rich hugs her son, Australian soldier Private Kenneth Pegg, on his return home from Iraq at the Brisbane International Airport Sunday, June 22, 2008. The return of the soldiers from the Overwest Battle Group (West) Four marks the end of Australian soldier combat deployment in Southern Iraq.  (AP Photo/ Tony Phillips)

    • An Iraqi woman reacts at the scene were a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday, June 22, 2008. A female suicide bomber struck near a government compound northeast of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 15 people and wounding 40, the police said. Photo

      An Iraqi woman reacts at the scene were a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday, June 22, 2008. A female suicide bomber struck near a government compound northeast of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 15 people and wounding 40, the police said.  (AP Photo)

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(CBS/AP)  An American soldier was killed and five others wounded Monday when they came under fire southeast of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. Witnesses and local police said the Americans were ambushed after a meeting with Iraqi municipal officials.

The troops were hit by small-arms fire near Madain, an area with a volatile mix of Sunni and Shiite extremists about 15 miles southeast of Baghdad. A suspected militant also was killed, said Maj. John Hall, a U.S. military spokesman.

The military provided no further details, but a witness said an attacker was waiting in his car until the soldiers came out of the municipal council building in Madain.

"The attacker got out of the car with an AK-47 assault rifle in his hand and he started to fire on the American soldiers until he was killed by return fire," said Hussein al-Dulaimi, who owns an agricultural machines spare parts store across the street.

Al-Dulaimi, residents and a police official said the attacker had been a Sunni member of the municipal council until he was ousted by Shiites during sectarian violence following the February 2006 bombing of a Shiite shrine north of Baghdad.

The death raised to at least 4,103 members of the U.S. military who have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

In other developments:

  • A female suicide bomber struck an area near government offices in the provincial capital of Baqouba on Sunday, killing at least 16 people and wounding dozens.

  • Eighty members of Australia's Overwatch Battle Group - the last of that nation's troops serving in combat roles in southern Iraq - returned home over the weekend, fulfilling a campaign promise by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to bring home all of Australia's combat troops from that Iraq.

  • Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki singled out Diyala as a possible next target for a military offensive following operations against Shiite militants in Baghdad, Basra and Amarah and against al Qaeda in Mosul. Al-Maliki spoke during a meeting with tribal chiefs in Amarah, the capital of Maysan province where U.S.-backed Iraqi forces launched an offensive last week. "We are today in Maysan province," al-Maliki said in a televised address. "We will continue chasing the remnants of the defeated al Qaeda elements, former regime followers, the militias and the outlaws," he said.

  • Iraqi security forces have met little resistance during the operation in Amarah, which got under way in force last week. But followers of anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have complained of random arrests and disrespectful behavior by the troops targeting his Mahdi Army militia. The Sadrists believe they are being unfairly singled out to undermine popular support for the movement in upcoming provincial elections. Al-Maliki promised to keep Iraqi troops in Amarah "until we are sure that those murderers and criminals won't return."

    Elsewhere, U.S.-funded Sunni fighters - known as awakening councils - came under attack north of Baghdad late Sunday.

    About 10 mortar shells slammed into Udaim, 70 miles north of the capital, killing at least 10 members of a U.S.-backed Sunni group and wounding 24 others, said Maj. Mohammed Thawra, a local Iraqi army battalion commander.

    A roadside bomb also targeted an awakening council patrol in Buhriz, 35 miles north of Baghdad on Monday afternoon, killing two of the fighters, a police official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to release the information.

    The Sunni revolt against al Qaeda in Iraq has been a key factor in a sharp decline in violence over the past year. The groups have frequently been targeted by insurgents trying to reverse the security gains.

    Both attacks occurred in the restive Diyala province, which has been among the hardest areas to control since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion despite an influx of thousands of additional U.S. troops as part of the so-called surge last year.

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    by hoseobama June 23, 2008 3:42 PM EDT
    Amazing isn''t it ?

    Now the news media reports every single death situations in Iraq.

    It is just a shame that every Police officers doesn''t get this sort of recognition in the US when they are killed in the line of duty. Or, what about the children killed by gang violence ?

    Or what about drunk driver victims ? Aren''t their innocent lives as precious ?
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    by feelfree4u June 23, 2008 4:09 PM EDT

    %u201CWhy we stand for immediate withdrawal of all US troops from Iraq%u201D

    %u201CTHE U.S. occupation of Iraq has not liberated the Iraqi people, but has made life worse for most Iraqis.%u201D

    %u201CTens of thousands of U.S. service people have been killed or maimed, and hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis have lost their lives as a result of the U.S. invasion in 2003, the ongoing occupation, and the violence unleashed by them.%u201D

    %u201CIraq''s infrastructure has been destroyed, and U.S. plans for reconstruction abandoned. There is less electricity, less clean drinking water, and more unemployment today than before the U.S. invasion.%u201D

    %u201CAll of the justifications initially provided by the U.S. for waging war on Iraq have been exposed as lies; the real reasons for the invasion %u2014 to control Iraq''s oil reserves and to increase U.S. strategic influence in the region %u2014 now stand revealed.%u201D

    %u201CThe Bush administration has insisted again and again that stability, democracy, and prosperity are around the next bend in the road%u2026But the U.S. has deliberately stoked sectarian divisions in its ongoing attempt to install a U.S.-friendly regime, thus driving Iraq towards civil war.%u201D

    %u201CWe call on the U.S. to get out of Iraq %u2014 not in six months, not in a year, but now.%u201D

    www.ipetitions.com/petition/OutNow

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    by faith_in_w June 23, 2008 4:13 PM EDT
    Oh I bet the liberals are going to cheer today.
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    by antoniof123 June 23, 2008 4:19 PM EDT
    Amazing isn''''t it ?

    Now the news media reports every single death situations in Iraq.

    It is just a shame that every Police officers doesn''''t get this sort of recognition in the US when they are killed in the line of duty. Or, what about the children killed by gang violence ?

    Or what about drunk driver victims ? Aren''''t their innocent lives as precious ?

    Posted by hoseobama at 12:42 PM : Jun 23, 2008

    So you don''t support the troops, or is it just when it suits you wing nuts.
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    by feelfree4u June 23, 2008 4:23 PM EDT

    It is amusing that CBS Newz has recycled the "RAW" footage of the victims of the Blackwater/al-CIA''duh bombing that they blamed on a "female suicide bomber", to accompany this article, as if it was somehow relevant to the main story of another U.S. service member''s life wasted in this illegal, lie-based war for profit.
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    by chalres-2009 June 23, 2008 4:43 PM EDT
    faith_in_w what the F is wrong with you. Do you enjoy other people dying. WWJD. BOMB THEM
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    by Latrocinor June 23, 2008 4:47 PM EDT
    Or what about drunk driver victims ? Aren''''t their innocent lives as precious ?

    Posted by hoseobama
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    Not as interesting
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    by Latrocinor June 23, 2008 4:49 PM EDT
    %u201CWe call on the U.S.

    Posted by FeelFree4U
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    Sponsored by Al Queda and the Taliban.
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    by johnpatrick9 June 23, 2008 4:49 PM EDT
    MORE DEATH AND MORE MAIMING...WHEN IS THIS BUSH STUPIDITY GOING TO END?????
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    by bluestardad June 23, 2008 4:51 PM EDT
    START WAR CRIMES TRIALS ON BUSH AND HIS NEOCONS!
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    by Latrocinor June 23, 2008 4:53 PM EDT
    MORE DEATH AND MORE MAIMING...WHEN IS THIS BUSH STUPIDITY GOING TO END?????

    Posted by johnpatrick9
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    When you start blaming it on the terrorists.
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    by Latrocinor June 23, 2008 4:54 PM EDT
    START WAR CRIMES TRIALS ON BUSH AND HIS NEOCONS!

    Posted by bluestardad
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    Sorry, no crimes were committed.
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    by Latrocinor June 23, 2008 4:59 PM EDT
    When you start blaming it on the terrorists.
    Posted by bhoogren at 01:53 PM

    It looked to me like johnpatrick was blaming the terrorists.

    Posted by dragonwagon5
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    Sorry, your Taliban and Al Quaeda are the terrorists.
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    by hoseobama June 23, 2008 5:49 PM EDT
    In your best wet dreams, bud.
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    by hoseobama June 23, 2008 5:53 PM EDT
    Or what about drunk driver victims ? Aren''''''''t their innocent lives as precious ?

    Posted by hoseobama
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    Not as interesting - Posted by bhoogren

    Yeah, and there might actually be a purpose if they were to talk about the drunks
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    by impeach_w June 23, 2008 6:02 PM EDT
    FOR ALL THOSE WHO CAN''T WAIT FOR W & Co. TO LEAVE.

    IF YOU WANT THEM IMPEACHED-GET THIS STORY TO MAINSTREAM MEDIA AND PUBLIC.


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    THE %u201CSECRET%u201D AIR FORCE OF THE CIA ARE MOSTLY CILILIAN PLANES PURCHCHED WITH DRUG PROFITS WHOSE OWNERSHIP CANNOT BE TRACED AND ARE HIDDEN FROM ANY BUDGET.
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    by hoseobama June 23, 2008 6:05 PM EDT
    impeach_w - hey, good luck with that, ok...

    (fat chance, dim-wit)
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    by labrat9999 June 23, 2008 6:06 PM EDT
    For those that would suggest that Bush and others have not committed any war crimes it is obvious they have no idea regarding the law and what are war crimes. So the next time you say "what war crimes" I would suggest you do you homeworker before you make that statement.
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    by hoseobama June 23, 2008 6:07 PM EDT
    "Mad Cow Prod"? First find and supply credible sources.

    Regards, - Posted by Nancy_Naive

    Exactly!
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    by labrat9999 June 23, 2008 6:17 PM EDT
    For those that don''t understand what a war crime is here is a very educational look at the subject. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Khut8xbXK8
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    by impeach_w June 23, 2008 6:22 PM EDT
    I sure you idiots can work a searh engine. MADCOWPROD.COM were the first recipient of the Liberty Internet Award. find it somewhere else if you don''t like the name of the site. It''s not like the make the news. this stuff is from offical Referenced sources. Look at it Might be True. This is not the only souce. Ever Hear of Special Operations Command Did I make that up too? Why are they supporting?
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    by impeach_w June 23, 2008 6:24 PM EDT
    Wolfgang Bohringer, the German pilot who was one of Mohamed Atta%u2019s closest associates in Florida as well as the subject of an FBI terror alert in the South Pacific, was apprehended two weeks ago and taken into custody, but then was almost immediately released after he told authorities responsible for his capture that he works for the CIA .
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    by impeach_w June 23, 2008 6:25 PM EDT
    sorry two YEARS ago Dec 11 2006
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    by j-whitman June 23, 2008 6:28 PM EDT
    Anyone intrested in reading about the history & the problems in Afhganistan ??? Here''s a long read but highly educational report from the Council on Foreign Relations.

    Saving Afghanistan - Barnett R. Rubin - From Foreign Affairs, january/February 2007

    http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20070101faessay86105-p0/barnett-r-rubin/saving-afghanistan.html

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    by hoseobama June 23, 2008 6:40 PM EDT
    "Personally, I''''d prefer for them to just prosecute him after he has left office. It will be more fruitful when he cannot interfer with the prosecution. Regards, Posted by Nancy_Naive


    Except OBL isn''t elected. Besides, he''ll never leave office.
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    by hermitdave June 23, 2008 6:56 PM EDT
    The CEO''s of the Western Oil Giants thank the dead and maimed crusaders for their service. All their service stations will hang their photos in their bathrooms.
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    by hoseobama June 23, 2008 7:00 PM EDT
    "The CEO''''s of the Western Oil Giants thank the dead and maimed crusaders for their service. All their service stations will hang their photos in their bathrooms. - Posted by hermitdave

    You have learned well from the insurgents in Iraq, hermitdave. Attack one party hoping they will retaliate against the other.

    I don''t care if you claim to be or don''t claim to be. You might as well be an insurgent.
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    by j-whitman June 23, 2008 7:01 PM EDT
    hoseobama,,,, OBL ??? --- Oh, Ossama Bin Forgotten Bush tells the Brits to catch before our election, because him & McBush have no clue how too ???




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    by hoseobama June 23, 2008 7:03 PM EDT
    MAD COW WON the Liberty Internet Award!!!!!

    Geeze impeach_w, why in hell didn''t you say so earlier!

    bfd. sound like a move-on.org hardon to me.
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    by j-whitman June 23, 2008 7:05 PM EDT
    hoseobama,,,, How about you making an effort to find out the problems in Iraq, our tooops would appreciate some support.
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    by hoseobama June 23, 2008 7:07 PM EDT
    listen up everyone - j-whitman is now going to tell us Obama''s plan to capture obl. bho, isn''t he the also ran that would ''like'' to visit Afghanistan and Iraq before the election.
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    by j-whitman June 23, 2008 7:12 PM EDT
    hoseobama,,, We know from the last 8 years, McBush won''t catch him -- But only contribute to more of the same.

    U.S. policymakers have misjudged Afghanistan, misjudged Pakistan, and, most of all, misjudged their own capacity to carry out major strategic change on the cheap. The Bush administration has sown disorder and strengthened Iran while claiming to create a "new Middle East," but it has failed to transform the region where the global terrorist threat began -- and where the global terrorist threat persists. If the United States wants to succeed in the war on terrorism, it must focus its resources and its attention on securing and stabilizing Afghanistan.

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    by hoseobama June 23, 2008 7:15 PM EDT
    "hoseobama,,,, How about you making an effort to find out the problems in Iraq, our tooops would appreciate some support. - Posted by j-whitman


    As speakinup, I asked you COUNTLESS times to help with the Iraq problem, but your blame game was all you could think of. Probably because a liar always feels he needs to cement the lie on everything to make it believeable.

    And, NOW, you claim I''m not supporting the troops by now not identifying the problems in Iraq...

    You are such a hypocritical, dishonorable, lying, typical far left, piece of work (read shist), j-whitman.

    Just, "move-on", like a good little bowel movement, will you.


    If you really want to know our biggest problem in Iraq - it''s a lack of solidarity of purpose - on the Democrat''s part.
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    by j-whitman June 23, 2008 7:15 PM EDT
    hoseobama,,, Do you even understand the problems with getting a long term security agreement in Iraq ???
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    by j-whitman June 23, 2008 7:17 PM EDT
    hoseobama,,,, No amout of hype & ignoring the problems as you do will convence anyone a foreign policy that was bad at the beginning & wrong all the way through it is a good policy. ---- It just ain''t goin to happen
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    by hermitdave June 23, 2008 7:18 PM EDT
    GOSH hose, I guess you were as surprised as Chicken George that Iraq was going to let the Western Oil guys that Saddam threw out 36yrs ago, back in to steal the oil.
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    by hoseobama June 23, 2008 7:19 PM EDT
    j-whitman - you are still as insignificant as ever.

    Due to the idiots like you that post on here, I''m willing to bet less than two regulars saw your post at 03:28.

    Hope the typing was fun.
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    by j-whitman June 23, 2008 7:22 PM EDT
    hoseobama,,, I learned a lot from the article, too bad you keep wanting to ingore the problems & solutions ------ More of your lopsided view of patriotism I guess.
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    by hoseobama June 23, 2008 7:22 PM EDT
    "back in to steal the oil. - Posted by hermitdave

    Son, you''ve been watching roots too much. Chicken George ? So, how many times has obama been there ?

    Yup - they are going to be "let into a war zone to steal the oil" for the price that Iraq sets.

    Are you from the royal guard ? How''d you survive the road of death ?
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    by j-whitman June 23, 2008 7:24 PM EDT
    hoseobama,,,, Forgetting Afhganistan as McBush & you are continuing is a Zero Solution.
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    by hoseobama June 23, 2008 7:25 PM EDT
    I wouldn''t doubt you''d learn alot from ANY article - j-whitman - even a Mad magazine article.

    Don''t forget to inhale and exhale, ok bud.
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    by j-whitman June 23, 2008 7:27 PM EDT
    hoseobama,,,, The Council on Foreign Relations is not Mad Magizene. It''s talking about the history & solutions in Afhganistan you ignore.

    It''s -- "Saving Afghanistan",,, Not ignoring it

    http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20070101faessay86105-p0/barnett-r-rubin/saving-afghanistan.html




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    by hoseobama June 23, 2008 7:28 PM EDT
    Forgetting Afhganistan as McBush & you are continuing is a Zero Solution. - j-whitman.

    Not sure I understood your sentence that tried to emply a verb and a gerund (look it up).

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    by hoseobama June 23, 2008 7:29 PM EDT
    The Council on Foreign Relations is not Mad Magizene (sic). - j-whitman

    Never said it was.

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    by hoseobama June 23, 2008 7:43 PM EDT
    J - I do have to admit. This time, you appeared to take the moral high road in pointing out documentation, and didn''t jump into a name calling frenzy in spite of receiving abuse.


    There might be hope yet for you.


    Maybe I''ll ready your article later.


    Busy right now.
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    by j-whitman June 23, 2008 7:52 PM EDT
    hoseobama,, OK, if you do. Let me know what you think
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    by neo267-2009 June 23, 2008 7:56 PM EDT
    Kill their families and kill their tribes. They''ll stop.
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    by denn034 June 23, 2008 8:12 PM EDT
    Add cowardly in front of Ambush, CBS! Condolences to the family and friends of that GI.
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    by Latrocinor June 23, 2008 9:08 PM EDT
    For those that would suggest that Bush and others have not committed any war crimes it is obvious they have no idea regarding the law and what are war crimes. So the next time you say "what war crimes" I would suggest you do you homeworker before you make that statement.

    Posted by labrat9999
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    What crimes?
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    by Latrocinor June 23, 2008 9:10 PM EDT
    hoseobama,,,, How about you making an effort to find out the problems in Iraq, our tooops would appreciate some support.

    Posted by j-whitman
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    And who said he''s wrong and you''re right your royal highness??
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