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3 Members Of Ft. Lewis Stryker Brigade Killed In Iraq
KOMO1000 News ^ | 12/08/03 | KOMO Staff

Posted on 12/08/2003 5:17:33 PM PST by TexKat

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - Three soldiers from the Stryker Brigade Combat Team were killed in an accident during a combat patrol in Iraq Sunday night, ABC News reports. A fourth soldier was injured.

The accident occurred after an embankment on an unimproved road collapsed, causing two Stryker infantry carrier vehicles to roll over into a canal. ABC News says it was not a result of hostile fire.

Heavy rainfall in the area might have been a cause, but the Army is still investigating.

The names of those killed have not been released.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; US: Washington; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: accident; fallen; fortlewis; iraq; strykerbrigade
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To: SLB; Squantos; Wally Cleaver
This is not good at all. Bless the fallen.
21 posted on 12/08/2003 7:39:14 PM PST by Fred Mertz
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To: dead
I always worry about that on here; have you seen kayak's prayer list? We get the news so fast, I worry that it might be "one of ours."

Interesting articles.

You better tell her.
22 posted on 12/08/2003 7:40:06 PM PST by Howlin
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To: Humidston
Prayers for Donald from Houston and Steve from Illinois

The last time I heard from Steve they were having abnormal amounts of rain from Kuwait to northern Iraq.

23 posted on 12/08/2003 7:40:32 PM PST by Graybeard58
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To: dead
I didn't mean to tell you what you should do with your own wife; obviously you know her better than I would; I was just thinking better she heard it from you, you know?
24 posted on 12/08/2003 7:42:25 PM PST by Howlin
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To: Humidston
Thanks for the ping
25 posted on 12/08/2003 7:43:34 PM PST by Graybeard58
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To: Howlin
Good advice, Howlin.
26 posted on 12/08/2003 7:45:03 PM PST by Peach (The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: Graybeard58
Tough time right now, my friend. Donald is a long time schoolmate of my granddaughter. I'm not going to tell her about this news.... She's in finals right now.

I remember Christmas shopping in a crowded mall three years ago when something poked me once, twice, in the back. When I turned to see who that "rude person" was, I saw Donald with this sweet/evil grin on his face as he pointed his umberella at me. As soon as I recognized him and smiled, he came forward and gave me a huge hug. Such a kid..... Such a young kid. His parents wanted him to mature. Today he did.
27 posted on 12/08/2003 7:46:53 PM PST by Humidston (Two Words: TERM LIMITS)
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To: Howlin
double crap!
28 posted on 12/08/2003 7:49:55 PM PST by Phil V.
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To: dead
Dead, please keep your eyes open for further information on Stryker and if you do, please ping Graybeard 58 and me? I'll do the same. And prayers for Vincent as well!
29 posted on 12/08/2003 7:50:01 PM PST by Humidston (Two Words: TERM LIMITS)
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To: Humidston
I will let you know if I hear anything. I knew Vincent was in Iraq, but I didn't know till I read those articles that he was in a Stryker brigade. (My wife wouldn't know what a Stryker brigade is.)

Prayers for all over there.

30 posted on 12/08/2003 8:05:56 PM PST by dead (I used to believe in a lot of things. All of it! Now I believe only in dynamite.)
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To: TexKat
God Bless each of these men. May he take them into his Kingdom and give their families comfort in their time of grief. Each of them a true American Hero!
31 posted on 12/08/2003 8:09:30 PM PST by CurlyBill (Voter fraud is one of the primary campaign strategies of the Democrats!!!!)
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To: TexKat
There is a reason Iraqi's never drove near those levee's and embankments... well, they probably been shot but... how many times have we heard this story? Those things are not safe.
32 posted on 12/08/2003 8:11:31 PM PST by GeronL (My tagline for rent..... $5 per month or 550 posts/replies, whichever comes first... its a bargain!!)
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To: SLB
weneed some Stryker pics
33 posted on 12/08/2003 8:13:00 PM PST by GeronL (My tagline for rent..... $5 per month or 550 posts/replies, whichever comes first... its a bargain!!)
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To: SLB
Hmmm,

I have been on the Strykers and didn't find them top-heavy or very high...much lower than the Brads I was on.

I think this was just a case of bad rainfall and getting too close to the edge. I guess we will see when the final report gets done.

34 posted on 12/08/2003 8:19:28 PM PST by Proud Legions
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To: TexKat
All humanity is of one Author, and is one volume; when one dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated; God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice; but God’s hand is in every translation, and his hand shall bind up all our scattered leaves again for that library where every book shall lie open to one another.

-- JOHN DONNE (1572–1631)
35 posted on 12/08/2003 8:39:33 PM PST by Samwise (There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil.)
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To: TexKat
As a trooper for many years, I can honestly say that mud can be just as deadly as a bullet and even worse, you can't get away from it.
Weather is a soldier's worst enemy, just ask any of the gunts or treadheads out there.
A real shame that these ment perished in such a manner, and my heart goes out to the families, and my prayers to the troops, Stryker Bde, 101ABN, 3rd ACR and and all the rest of them.
Have a SAFE and if not all that festive, a dry, warm and secure holiday season..
CT 21
36 posted on 12/08/2003 8:39:40 PM PST by cavtrooper21 (Lions and Tigers and Bears... who cares.)
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To: mystery-ak
This happened in Balad..it's been raining there for a week and my hubby said the mud is over his ankles.

Hey mystery-ak. Two pictures for you. The first is not Balad, but Baghdad, just to give you a visual of what Mike is speaking of:

U.S. troops patrol through a flooded street after heavy rain in Baghdad December 6, 2003.

and the second is one of the Pictures of the Year 2003

PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2003 - A row of U.S. Army helmets are perched on M-16 rifles during a memorial at Al Asad air base November 6, 2003 for the 15 victims of a Chinook helicopter which was shot down by insurgents on the weekend. Against a backdrop of 15 helmets resting on M-16 rifles, American soldiers on Thursday honored their comrades, victims of the single deadliest incident for U.S. forces since they invaded Iraq. REUTERS/Chris Helgren

and I'll just throw this one in since I have been looking at it off and on today. It kind of gives one a little hope for the future of some of the Iraqi children.

An Iraqi child tosses his toy gun on to a fire during a demonstration in Baghdad, Monday Dec 8, 2003. The purpose of the demonstration was to protest the importation of military toys to Iraq and promote a healthy environment for children. (AP Photo/Samir Mizban)

37 posted on 12/08/2003 9:03:48 PM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
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To: TexKat
I am not ex-military, so can someone explain to me why there are so many "accidental" deaths [of soldiers] in Iraq (and presumably other wars)? Is it because in war the military is doing a lot of dangerous things that aren't technically combat-related? Is it poor training? Carelessness? As Donahue used to say, "Can somebody help me with this?"
38 posted on 12/08/2003 9:16:25 PM PST by Steve_Seattle ("Above all, shake your bum at Burton.")
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To: tet68
No Sarge, engineers have been warning the Army for a year that the top heavy nature of this vehicle would cause it to roll over on any angle more severe than 30 degrees. That's all it too to kill the young men.
39 posted on 12/08/2003 9:18:35 PM PST by Vetvoice
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To: tet68; Screaming_Gerbil; Travis McGee
We just saw a pic of a tank in that same scenario here the other night.

It's weight just crumbled the bank and let it slide in, wonder if the height of the Stryker had any thing to do with this.

Travis, you know a little bit abot sand and beaches, and what they will support and won't. Comments?


40 posted on 12/08/2003 9:20:58 PM PST by archy (Angiloj! Mia kusenveturilo estas plena da angiloj!)
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