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WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2005 – Five Marines assigned to Regimental Combat Team 2, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), were killed today during a firefight while conducting Operation Steel Curtain in New Ubaydi, Iraq, military officials reported. Sixteen enemy fighters were confirmed killed in the engagement, officials said. Officials also announced that a Task Force Baghdad soldier died today of wounds suffered in a Nov. 15 roadside bomb attack northwest of Baghdad. The servicemembers' are being withheld pending notification of next of kin. In other news from Iraq, Iraqi soldiers from the Desert Protectors -- Iraqi scouts recruited...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2005 – A U.S. soldier was killed in a vehicle accident near Camp Bucca in southern Iraq on Oct. 25, military officials reported today. The soldier's name is being withheld pending next of kin notification, officials said. In other news from Iraq, Task Force Baghdad soldiers killed three terrorists and detained one insurgent suspected in drive-by shooting attacks Oct. 25, officials in Baghdad reported today. The terrorists, driving a white sedan, were suspected of several small-arms fire attacks on U.S. and Iraqi security forces over the last few days. Officials said around noon Oct. 25, an Iraqi...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2005 – One child was killed and another was injured when terrorists used them as human shields during coalition forces raids of three terrorist safe houses Sept. 20 in Mosul, Iraq's third largest city, officials in Baghdad reported today. Based on tips from concerned citizens and multiple intelligence sources, coalition forces raided two suspected safe houses to capture known terrorists operating in Mosul. The terrorists were believed to have senior al Qaeda connections in the city and northern Iraq, officials said. When coalition forces entered the first terrorist safe house, three terrorists attacked with small-arms fire. Coalition...

WASHINGTON: At least 16 enemy forces and one U.S. servicemember were killed Aug. 8 during a firefight southwest of Deh Chopan, Afghanistan, military officials reported. The servicemember was killed when an Afghan and U.S. patrol conducting operations aimed at routing enemy forces from the Deh Chopan area came under an unprovoked attack by enemy forces with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. U.S. and coalition aircraft arrived at the scene and provided continuous close air support. Battle damage assessment is ongoing, officials said. Initial estimates indicate at least 16 enemy forces were killed. Civilians were not involved in the attack.

G.I.s' night in firefight hell By JAMES GORDON MEEK DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU Thursday, August 4th, 2005 FORWARD OPERATINGBASE SALERNO, Afghanistan - For Army Staff Sgt. Jesse Landazuri, the decision to bail out of his two-man border outpost last month came after the ninth or 10th incoming rocket-propelled grenade finally knocked him to the ground.Wounded in the face and leg by the shrapnel, the 82nd Airborne Division trooper abandoned his position just as he and Queens-born Pfc. David Joy were about to be overrun on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border by a platoon of suspected Al Qaeda fighters."I made the call, we...

A routine mission for a small unit of US troops based here turned into a fight for their lives when they came up against a group of suspected Taleban militants along the border with Pakistan. It did not make any headlines. It was just another incident among many in this volatile region. But it gives an insight into why the US-led coalition is having such difficulty defeating the insurgency that has affected much of eastern and southern Afghanistan for the past two years. It was 25 June. Second Lt Louis Fernandez had led seven members of his platoon to the...

Trio of 2nd ID soldiers killed in Iraq firefight South Korea-based unit has suffered 68 casualties in Iraq Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Sunday, June 26, 2005 SEOUL — Three 2nd Infantry Division soldiers were killed in Iraq on Tuesday, according to the Defense Department. Spc. Nicholas R. Idalski, 23, of Crown Point, Ind.; Spc. Christopher L. Hoskins, 21, of Danielson, Conn.; and Spc. Brian A. Vaughn, 23, of Pell City, Ala.; were killed by enemy small-arms fire during combat in Ramadi. They were assigned to the Army’s 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division,...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- An Ohio Marine Reserve unit suffered heavy casualties during recent fighting in Iraq, according to the Washington Post. Every member of one of three squads that make up the 1st Platoon of Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Regiment had been killed or wounded, Marines told the newspaper. Marine Cpl. Dustin Derga, 24, of Pickerington, was one of two Marines killed and five wounded Saturday during a firefight in Ubaydi. On Wednesday, four more Marines were killed and 10 others were injured when a device exploded under their armored vehicle, according to the Post. On Thursday, the Department...

The Kentucky National Guardsmen were outnumbered and under heavy gunfire when they counterattacked Iraqi insurgents who ambushed a coalition convoy southeast of Baghdad. A 30-minute firefight ensued on a Sunday morning, pitting 10 guardsmen against dozens of insurgents. When the shooting ended, 26 guerrillas lay dead and another was mortally wounded, while six others were wounded and another was captured unharmed. The guardsmen didn't go unscathed. Three members of the military police unit were wounded and later transported for medical treatment in Germany, where they are recovering. "It was crazy," recalled Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester. "Adrenaline pumping, you didn't have...

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. troops backed by warplanes killed 25 guerrillas in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Wednesday after facing a coordinated assault involving two suicide bombs and dozens of insurgents, the military said. The fighting in Iraq's third largest city followed an overnight attack by insurgents who detonated three-quarters of a ton of explosives in a house that police were raiding in Baghdad, killing at least 28 people. Witnesses in Mosul said the fighting began when a suicide bomber detonated a fuel truck outside a house that has been occupied as a combat outpost by U.S....

Sgt. Tommy Rieman, B Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment is awarded the Purple Heart by Col. Michael Ferriter during a ceremony at Devil Field, August 6. Rieman was also awarded the Silver Star and Army Commendation medal with "V" device for heroism during an ambush in Iraq last year.Pfc. Mike Pryor OIF troopers beat 10:1 odds in December firefightBy Pfc. Mike Pryor August 26, 2004 FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Army News Service, Aug. 26, 2004) -- In a fight, two against one is bad odds. Ten against one is a recipe for disaster. Yet those were the odds...

I've been putting together a timeline of the end of Kerry's short tour in Vietnam, and I think the sequence highlights two events that have not been focused upon together and should be emphasized: (a) Kerry abandoned the other boats and fled from what he thought was a battle, and (b) he abandoned his own boat and rode home with the wounded. 13 Mar 1969 - Five Swift Boats are sent to raid a Vietcong village: Kerry PCF-94, Droz PCF-43, Pees PCF-3, Chenoweth PCF-23, and Thurlow PCF-51. Special Forces Lieutenant Rassman goes along for the ride on Kerry's boat. They...

CAMP HURRICANE POINT, Iraq (July 23, 2004) -- Marines with 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment - along with elements of the Army's 1st Brigade Combat Team - battled back anti- Iraqi fighters in Ar Ramadi July 21. It was the latest in a series of street battles in which Marines responded to ambushes in the city. Marines and soldiers defeated an estimated force of 75-100 enemy, wounding 17 and capturing another 25. An accurate number of enemy killed was impossible to verify. Marines and soldiers sustained 14 wounded, none that were life-threatening and 10 of those returned to duty the...

U.S. troops engage in an intense firefight in Kufa with forces believed to be sympathetic to cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Details soon

<p>Re: Bob Arnot in hella firefight on MSNBC right now.</p> <p>Hello, I just have a quick question for you. My name is Cpl Vettel, and I am that Marine that was interviewed in the firefight in Al kut with bob arnot you mentioned in that forum. I was just wondering if you know where i could get the video, or audio to download and watch that, I havent seen it yet. If you could be any help, i would appreciate it. Thanks.</p>

Airmen assist convoy attack BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Senior Master Sgt. Richard Parsons uses props to describe the action during an Iraqi insurgent attack on an American convoy north of here March 24. One Soldier was killed; Sergeant Parsons and two other servicemembers were wounded. He is a convoy commander with the 447th Air Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Sean E. Cobb) Download HiRes by Master Sgt. Sean E. Cobb447th Air Expeditionary Group Public Affairs3/29/2004 - BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFPN) -- During an Iraqi insurgent attack on an American convoy north of here March 24, time seemed to stand still,...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. Marine and an ABC freelance cameraman were killed during a bitter, hours-long firefight between American troops and Iraqi insurgents in the city of Fallujah, while 18 people died in violence elsewhere across Iraq (news - web sites). In the center of the capital Saturday, a bomb exploded on a street as a convoy of sport utility vehicles passed, wounding five Iraqis, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Peter Jones said. It was not clear who was in the cars. U.S. troops sealed off the area after the blast. Rebels fired a rocket at a government building in...

1 Marine, 5 civilians die in Falljuah firefight By: DARRIN MORTENSON - Staff Writer FALLUJAH, Iraq ---- A U.S. Marine and five civilians were killed and dozens injured in intense fighting Friday in this turbulent town west of Baghdad, where more than 600 Marines launched a massive raid meant to put an end to attacks on U.S. forces. Among the dead was a freelance ABC cameraman, Burhan Mohammed Mazhour. It was unclear who killed him. The Fallujah raid and a firefight in Tikrit killed a total of 13 people. Marines in Fallujah killed several suspected insurgents and took at least...

FALLUJAH, Iraq, March 26 -- An early morning search operation by U.S. Marines erupted into what witnesses described as an intermittent, daylong firefight against Iraqi insurgents, the heaviest fighting since the Marines replaced Army troops this week as the occupation force in this restive town. Iraqi medical workers here said 15 Iraqis were killed in the fighting; other sources put the Iraqi death toll at five to seven. Doctors counted 25 Iraqi wounded, at least two severely. ... Ahmed Yusuf, 32, said he was shot in the shoulder by Marines while driving toward a friend's garage in the 1986 Volkswagen...