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Colonel is top-ranking officer killed in Iraq
CNN (excerpt) ^ | October 31, 2005

Posted on 10/31/2005 3:40:43 PM PST by HAL9000

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Col. William Wood, commanding officer of the 184th Infantry Regiment, died last week, becoming the highest-ranking U.S. officer to be killed in combat in the Iraq war, the U.S. military said Monday.

Wood, based at Forward Operating Base Falcon in the northern province of Babil, had responded to a roadside bomb Thursday and was giving orders to his men as they secured the area when a secondary explosion blew him backwards into a canal, killing him instantly, the military said.

Wood, 44, was based at Fort Stewart, Georgia.

A memorial service will be held for him Tuesday at a forward operating base in Iraq, the military said.

At the time of his death, Wood wore the rank of lieutenant colonel. He had not been informed that he had been approved for promotion to colonel.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: army; babil; colonel; colwilliamwood; fallen; fortstewart; ied; iraq; oif; usarmy; williamwood
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1 posted on 10/31/2005 3:40:44 PM PST by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000

Damn IEDs


2 posted on 10/31/2005 3:41:54 PM PST by jmc1969
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To: HAL9000

And the media cheers...


3 posted on 10/31/2005 3:42:35 PM PST by inkling
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To: HAL9000

May God bless his family tonight...


4 posted on 10/31/2005 3:49:32 PM PST by Thunder90
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To: HAL9000

Rest in Peace, Colonel.


5 posted on 10/31/2005 3:51:20 PM PST by Michael Goldsberry (an enemy of islam -- Joe Boucher; Leapfrog; Dr.Zoidberg; Lazamataz; ...)
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To: HAL9000

God Bless our troops and his family and loved ones...

He wasn't killed, he was murdered. I no longer say that our troops are being killed in Iraq.


6 posted on 10/31/2005 3:53:13 PM PST by Loud Mime (Bad Lawmakers = Bad Law = Infinite Lawyers)
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To: inkling

The media is just salivating in hopes a general dies.


7 posted on 10/31/2005 3:53:19 PM PST by COEXERJ145 (http://www.navyfield.com)
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To: COEXERJ145

RIP Colonel, you earned all our thanks and respect.


8 posted on 10/31/2005 3:58:13 PM PST by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: SandRat

ping


9 posted on 10/31/2005 3:58:50 PM PST by MikefromOhio
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To: HAL9000

Rest in peace, Colonel Wood.
Your sacrifice shall not be in vain.

God be with Colonel Wood's family in their loss.


10 posted on 10/31/2005 3:59:59 PM PST by La Enchiladita (Unforgiveness is a prison.)
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To: MeekOneGOP


11 posted on 10/31/2005 4:01:10 PM PST by Michael Goldsberry (an enemy of islam -- Joe Boucher; Leapfrog; Dr.Zoidberg; Lazamataz; ...)
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To: COEXERJ145

Gererals do die in combat but if the MSM thinks that disheartens the troops they are wrong. The troops always rally around fallen leaders.


12 posted on 10/31/2005 4:01:13 PM PST by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: HAL9000

We need to develop better tactics against these IEDs.

There must be an electronic sensing device that we can develop to use to spot these. Using Humvees is not working.

Are there so many underground pipes that we can sense these even by magnetic means. In some times, the IED would be the only metallic thing in the ground in the street.

Maybe we should tie an imam to each vehicle's bumper as a sensing device. This way we all go together.

Towns in which these explode need to experience pain, or the bad guys are not going to be outed.

This sounds harsh, I know, but we are losing too many good men and women to let this go on. The IED is now the weapon of choice for the jihadis and it has to be nullified.


13 posted on 10/31/2005 4:01:31 PM PST by exit82 (Ray Nagin, the mayor of Oz:"If I only had a brain.........")
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To: HAL9000
Prayers for him and his family.

That said, it's good to die with your boots on. If I gotta go, and I do, eventually, I'd prefer combat to wasting away in a retirement home.

/john (sick and tired of stateside TDYs, and waiting on orders "over there")

14 posted on 10/31/2005 4:08:24 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (D@mit! I'm just a cook. Don't make me come over there and prove it!)
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To: HAL9000

1-184 Infantry is a California National Guard unit attached to 3rd ID. RIP COL Wood.


15 posted on 10/31/2005 4:11:12 PM PST by TADSLOS (Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
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To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick; DHak

Ping


16 posted on 10/31/2005 4:12:12 PM PST by MHak
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To: HAL9000
RIP Col. Wood. Thank you for your brave service.AWB
17 posted on 10/31/2005 4:14:39 PM PST by Americanwolfsbrother (Don't hate on someone for using their mind.)
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To: exit82

Better defenses against IEDs are in the works, but not nearly soon enough.


18 posted on 10/31/2005 4:14:39 PM PST by luvbach1 (Near the belly of the beast in San Diego)
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To: exit82
Maybe we should tie an imam to each vehicle's bumper as a sensing device. This way we all go together.

So then we can fight 27 Million Iraqis instead of a FOREIGN terrorist problem.....
19 posted on 10/31/2005 4:17:31 PM PST by MikefromOhio
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To: Loud Mime
He wasn't killed, he was murdered. I no longer say that our troops are being killed in Iraq.

Bingo. All of my combat vets are so pissed off, they'd spray the bastards and use major weapons to mitigate this BS. We seem to be in a PC "war."

The general consencus is pull off the gloves and do what needs to be done.

I worked with a guy who flew P51s based out of London on combat missions over Dresden Germany when B29s were bombing the shit out of the Germans.

Today, it APPEARS that we're playing mental masturbation with the "United Nations." That is my own personal assessment of the appraoch that W, and Rummy's approach. I do NOT understand why.

Then again, I guess I'm just too stooopid.

20 posted on 10/31/2005 4:32:27 PM PST by Cobra64
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