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2 GIs Die Disposing Iraqi Explosives
yahoo.com ^ | 2004 2/10 | MARIAM FAM

Posted on 02/09/2004 4:46:49 PM PST by serurier

2 GIs Die Disposing Iraqi Explosives

By MARIAM FAM, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A man wearing an explosives belt blew himself up Monday outside the home of two tribal leaders who have cooperated with American forces. Two U.S. soldiers were killed while disposing of explosives in northern Iraq (news - web sites).

Three Iraqi guards were seriously wounded in the blast outside the compound of brothers Majid and Amer Ali Suleiman in Ramadi, northwest of Baghdad.

Witnesses said the brothers were receiving callers when a man approached the compound but was told to leave. He returned moments later and triggered the explosives, the witnesses said. The brothers are two of the city's most prominent tribal leaders who have worked with coalition forces.

Insurgents have repeatedly warned Iraqis not to cooperate with the Americans. The most recent threats were contained in pamphlets circulated in Ramadi and nearby Fallujah by a purported coalition of 12 insurgent groups.

Ramadi and Fallujah are located in the Sunni Triangle, a major center of resistance to the U.S.-led occupation.

The two American soldiers were killed in an explosion outside Sinjar near the northern city of Mosul during an operation to dispose of ordnance, deputy operations chief Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt said.

Five soldiers were hurt in the blast, according to a statement issued by the U.S. military's Task Force Olympia. The statement said the soldiers were moving mortar shells and rocket propelled grenades from a storage area to a demolition point when the explosion occurred.

One of the soldiers was killed instantly. The second soldier died later of his injuries. Three of the injured were hospitalized in stable condition and two others were treated for minor injuries and returned to duty.

The names of the two victims were withheld pending notification of their families.

Elsewhere, U.S. and Iraqi forces deactivated several rockets that were primed for launch along a road toward the city of Baqouba, about 35 miles northeast of Baghdad.

Also Monday, defense officials in Washington said American forces in Iraq have detained one of the remaining most-wanted members of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s government.

Muhsin Khadr al-Khafaji, No. 48 on the 55 most-wanted list, was turned over last weekend to U.S. troops in the Baghdad area, the officials said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. The officials did not say who turned him over.

In Baghdad, the U.N. experts met with several Iraqi politicians in a second round of meetings Sunday to discuss the chances of holding early elections, a source of conflict between the United States and the influential Shiite clergy.

Team leader Lakhdar Brahimi met individually with several members of the U.S.-installed Governing Council to "gather facts," said Ahmad Fawzi, the team's spokesman.

The transfer of power is becoming a major headache for the U.S.-led coalition and the Governing Council.

The current U.S. plan is to choose legislators in regional caucuses, a move opposed by the country's most powerful Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani. It is hoped that Brahimi's team, which arrived Saturday on what is believed to be a 10-day mission, will help break the impasse.

Brahimi is expected to travel to the Shiite holy city of Najaf to meet al-Sistani, but no date has been disclosed.

In Samawah, a heavily armored convoy of Japanese soldiers arrived Sunday as part of Tokyo's first military deployment in a hostile region since 1945.

The ground troops, mostly engineers, lead a deployment that will eventually reach about 800 soldiers in a humanitarian mission to improve water supplies and other infrastructure projects around Samawah. Another 200 soldiers will remain in Kuwait.


TOPICS: War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq
Sad message , army need more UGV to these thing .
1 posted on 02/09/2004 4:46:50 PM PST by serurier
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To: Steel Wolf; archy; yonif; Severa; risk; Ragtime Cowgirl; LaDivaLoca; Calpernia; bentfeather; ...
Bless soldiers .
2 posted on 02/09/2004 4:47:46 PM PST by serurier (We come here for the freedom of the world)
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A man wearing an explosives belt blew himself up Monday outside the home of two tribal leaders who have cooperated with American forces. Two U.S. soldiers were killed while disposing of explosives in northern Iraq (news - web sites).

Three Iraqi guards were seriously wounded in the blast outside the compound of brothers Majid and Amer Ali Suleiman in Ramadi, northwest of Baghdad.

"Dear Lord, Lest I continue My complacent way Help me remember Somewhere out there A man died for me today --As long as there be war I then must Ask and answer Am I worth dying for?" *


3 posted on 02/09/2004 4:50:24 PM PST by Calpernia (http://members.cox.net/classicweb/Heroes/heroes.htm)
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To: Calpernia
Bump
4 posted on 02/09/2004 4:53:45 PM PST by SAMWolf (I am reading a very interesting book about anti-gravity. I can't put it down)
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CENTCOM
NEWS RELEASE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101
Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894

February 9, 2004
Release Number: 04-02-03C


IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE CAUSES SOLDIER DEATH

AR RAMADI, Iraq – A soldier attached to the 82nd Airborne Division was killed outside Mahmudiyah when an improvised explosive device detonated, Sunday afternoon.

The soldier’s name is being withheld until the next of kin are notified.
 
 
February 9, 2004
Release Number: 04-02-04C


UXO EXPLOSION KILLS TWO SOLDIERS, INJURES FIVE

MOSUL, Iraq - An explosion killed two soldiers and injured five others Feb. 9 in the Mosul region when unexploded ordnance (UXO) that was being moved to a demolition point detonated.

The ordnance, a large collection of rocket propelled grenades and mortar rounds that had been found or turned in, was being moved from a storage bunker to a demolition point. The explosion occurred at 12:45 p.m. as the UXO was being offloaded for demolition.

The explosion initially killed one soldier, and injured six others.

Four of the injured soldiers were evacuated by air within 12 minutes of the accident to the 67th Combat Support Hospital at Mosul Air Field. One of these soldiers later died of his wounds. Of the other three soldiers that were air-evacuated, all three are listed in stable condition.

Two other soldiers injured in the explosion were evacuated by ground to a Task Force Olympia forward operating base battalion aid station. These soldiers were provided medical treatment and have been returned to duty.

The names of the soldiers who died in this accident, and those who were injured, are being withheld pending notification of next-of-kin.

The accident is currently under investigation.
 
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/Casualty_Report.asp?CasualtyReport=20040204.txt

82nd Airborne Division 

Task Force Olympia

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* Help our Walter Reed Hospital Soldiers ~ JOE GALLOWAY 
 
 
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5 posted on 02/09/2004 6:27:29 PM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl
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sad picture.

bump.
6 posted on 02/09/2004 6:37:36 PM PST by Calpernia (http://members.cox.net/classicweb/Heroes/heroes.htm)
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Thank God for our heroes and their loved ones!
7 posted on 02/09/2004 9:55:22 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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Prayers for the soldiers that were lost and wounded, their families and loved ones.
8 posted on 02/09/2004 10:33:35 PM PST by windchime (Podesta about Bush: "He's got four years to try to undo all the stuff we've done." (TIME-1/22/01))
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