Posted on 03/26/2005 1:17:40 AM PST by HAL9000
KABUL, March 26 (Reuters) - Four U.S. soldiers were killed when their vehicle struck either a landmine or a roadside bomb in southeast Afghanistan, a U.S. military spokeswoman said on Saturday.Lieutenant Cindy Moore said the military had still to ascertain the cause of the blast, which could have been triggered by an old landmine rather than a newly planted device.
Probably a landmine. RIP.
RIP.
Prayer bump...
Flag.
ALARM - Iraq: two American soldiers killed in an explosion in BaghdadBAGHDAD - Two American soldiers were killed and two others wounded Saturday towards 08h30 (05h30 GMT) in the explosion of a booby-trapped car, in a south-western district of Baghdad, according to an official statement of the American army.
In other news today, a US Marine was killed in Anbar province. I will check, and if no one has posted I will.
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A land mine exploded under a U.S. vehicle south of Kabul on Saturday, killing four Indiana soldiers in the deadliest incident for American troops in Afghanistan in almost 10 months, the military said. (snip) Indychannel.com
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